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jesting

  • /ˈd͡ʒɛstɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ɛstɪŋ

noun jestings

  1. countable, uncountable joking Yet in the midst of all her pure protestings, / Her faith, her oaths, her tears and all were jestings.
  2. countable, uncountable bantering; ridicule
  3. countable, uncountable mocking

adjective more jesting · most jesting

  1. facetious
  2. humorous He will find that these are no jesting matters.
  3. playful; mocking
  4. jeering

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of jest

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@misc{jesting_2026,
  title = {jesting},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jesting},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}