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jesting
CIDE DICTIONARY
jesting, a.
Sportive; not serious; fit for jests. [1913 Webster]
"He will find that these are no jesting matters." [1913 Webster]
jesting, n.
The act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry. Eph. v. 4. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
jesting
Attic, bantering, biting, brilliant, chaffing, clever, droll, facetious, fooling, funny, hazing, humorous, humorsome, jocose, jocular, joking, joky, jollying, joshing, keen, keen-witted, kidding, mordant, nimble-witted, pointed, pungent, quick-witted, ragging, rapier-like, razzing, ribbing, roasting, salt, salty, scintillating, sharp, smart, sparkling, sprightly, teasing, twitting, whimsical, wittyAlso see definition of "jesting" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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