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waggish

English

Etymology

From wag (“waghalter, rogue”) +? -ish.

Adjective

waggish (comparative more waggish, superlative most waggish)

  1. witty, jocular, like a wag
  2. mischievous, tricky

Derived terms

  • waggishly
  • waggishness

Translations

Anagrams

  • whiggas

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jesting

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?d??st??/

Noun

jesting (countable and uncountable, plural jestings)

  1. joking
    • 1599, William Shakespeare, The Passionate Pilgrim
      Yet in the midst of all her pure protestings, / Her faith, her oaths, her tears and all were jestings.
  2. bantering; ridicule
  3. mocking

Adjective

jesting (comparative more jesting, superlative most jesting)

  1. facetious
  2. humorous
  3. playful; mocking
  4. jeering

Verb

jesting

  1. present participle of jest

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