JEST, n. [L. gestio.] 1. A joke; something ludicrous uttered and meant only to excite laughter. Religion should never be the subject of jest.2. The object of laughter or sport; a laughing stock. Then let me be your jest, I deserve it. In jest, for mere sport or diversion; not in truth and reality; not in earnest. --And given in earnest what I begged in jest.3. A mask.4. A deed; an action.
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