jest
noun
a joke or witty remark; witticism.
jestful
-
a word derived from
jest.
Example Sentences
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“In that moment it was a jestful conversation with a friend I’ve known for over 10 years.”
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2017
Popular was the jestful question: "When does Prohibition begin?"
From Time Magazine Archive
He was rich, open-handed, just, a friend of poor troopers, keen- eyed, jestful, and careless.
From Traffics and Discoveries by Rudyard Kipling
However this may be, I know that one of the zestful things about a lecturer's life is the jestful thing that lurks at his side almost everywhere he turns.
From From Pillar to Post Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book by John Kendrick Bangs
This is, though doubtless jestful, really a point de repère for the manners of the later nineteenth century as concerns a busy man who likes society.
From Matthew Arnold by George Saintsbury
