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jeast

jeast noun: jest.

Noun

jeast (plural jeasts)

  1. (archaic) jest
    • Plume adds, "Sir John Mennes saw once his old father in his shop--a merry cheeked old man that said, 'Will was a good honest fellow, but he darest have crackt a jeast with him at any time.'"1927, William Allan Nielson, The Facts About Shakespeare
    • And after, at a feast, Which he the king did make, He burnt the bonds all in jeast, And would no money take.1885, T. H., The History of Sir Richard Whittington

Forms of jeast

pluraljeasts

Questions about jeast

What does jeast mean?
Jeast means jest.
What part of speech is jeast?
Jeast is a noun.
What is the plural of jeast?
The plural of jeast is jeasts.

Words near jeast in the dictionary

  1. Jeany
  2. Jeapes
  3. jear
  4. jears
  5. jeasley
  6. jeast
  7. jeasts
  8. jeat
  9. jeats
  10. Jeavons
  11. Jeavons syndrome

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