different between whimsy vs jest

English

Alternative forms

• whimsey

Etymology

Probably from whims +? -y. Related to whim-wham, whim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w?mzi/, /???mzi/

Noun

whimsy (usually uncountable, plural whimsies)

1. A quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour.
2. An impulsive, illogical or capricious character.
3. (mining) A whim (capstan or vertical drum).
4. A jigsaw puzzle piece that has been cut into a recognizable shape, as if on a whim; often the shape is representative of the theme of the image used for the puzzle.

Translations

Verb

whimsy (third-person singular simple present whimsies, present participle whimsying, simple past and past participle whimsied)

1. (transitive) To fill with whimsies or whims; to make fantastic; to craze.

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English geste (“idle tale”), from Old French geste (“acts, exploits”), from Latin gesta (“acts, deeds”). Doublet of gest.

Pronunciation

• enPR: j?st, IPA^(key): /d??st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

jest (plural jests)

1. (archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.

2. (archaic) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.

   Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court.
3. (obsolete) A deed; an action; a gest.
   • 1540, Thomas Elyot, Image of Governance

     the jests or actions of princes

4. (obsolete) A mask; a pageant; an interlude.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Nares to this entry?)

   • 1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy

     He promised us, in honour of our guest, / To grace our banquet with some pompous jest.

Synonyms

• (joke): prank, gag, laughingstock, banter, crack, wisecrack, witticism
• See also Thesaurus:joke

Translations

Verb

jest (third-person singular simple present jests, present participle jesting, simple past and past participle jested)

1. To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.

   Surely you jest!

Synonyms

• (to joke): banter, kid, mock, tease

Derived terms

• jester
• jestingly

Translations

See also

• jest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Pronunciation spelling of just..

Adverb

jest (not comparable)

1. (African-American Vernacular, Southern US) Alternative spelling of just

Anagrams

• ESTJ, Jets, jets

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jest/
• Homophone: gjest

Alternative forms

• jester

Etymology

From Old Norse j?str, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz, whence English yeast.

Noun

jest m (definite singular jesten, indefinite plural jester, definite plural jestene)

1. yeast

   Synonym: gjær

Related terms

• ese

References

• “jest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “jest” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• jester
• gjester (non-standard since 1938)

Etymology

From Old Norse j?str, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz, whence also English yeast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?st/ (example of pronunciation)
• Homophone: gjest

Noun

jest m (definite singular jesten, indefinite plural jestar, definite plural jestane)

1. yeast

   Synonym: gjær

Related terms

• asa, ase
• esa, ese

References

• “jest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?st/

Verb

jest

1. third-person singular present indicative of by?; is

2. (mathematics) is, equals (see also wynosi)

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

jest (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. third-person singular present of b?ti