jesting

noun, adj — 7 senses

jesting

noun

/ˈd͡ʒɛstɪŋ/

1

joking

Yet in the midst of all her pure protestings, / Her faith, her oaths, her tears and all were jestings.1599, “(please specify the chapter or poem)”, in The Passionate Pilgrime. […], 2nd edition, London: […] [Thomas Judson] for W[illiam] Iaggard, and are to be sold by W[illiam] Leake, […], →OCLC:
What an extraordinary mental delusion jesting is; that sort of laboured vivacity which fancies it is pointed when it is only personal; and more extraordinary still, it is always the resource of stupid people.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 151:

2

bantering; ridicule

3

mocking

jesting

adj

1

facetious

2

humorous

He will find that these are no jesting matters.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XV, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:

3

playful; mocking

4

jeering

Derived terms: jestingly, unjesting

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