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jesty

Syllables: jes·ty/ˈd͡ʒɛstiː/

jesty adjective: inclined to jest; waggish; sportive.

Adjective

jesty (comparative more jesty, superlative most jesty)

  1. Inclined to jest; waggish; sportive.
    • Such a funny, sporty, gamy, jesty, joky, hoky-poky lad, is the Ocean.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 119, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Proper noun capitalized: Jesty

Jesty

  1. A surname.

Forms of jesty

comparativemore jesty
superlativemost jesty

Origin of jesty

From jest + -y.

Words that rhyme with jesty

Questions about jesty

What does jesty mean?
Jesty means inclined to jest; waggish; sportive.
What part of speech is jesty?
Jesty can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce jesty?
Jesty is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛstiː/.

Words near jesty in the dictionary

  1. jestrum
  2. jestrums
  3. jests
  4. jesture
  5. jestures
  6. jesty
  7. Jesu
  8. Jesuate
  9. Jesuates
  10. Jesuism
  11. Jesuit

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