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jokist

jokist noun: a joker; one who plays jokes.

Noun

jokist (plural jokists)

  1. (archaic) A joker; one who plays jokes.
    • VESTRY, a bandit confederation of practical jokists addicted to laying funny mud traps in thoroughfares for simple pedestrians to walk into.1889, Judy's Annual, page 123
    • Of course, by the time the dénouement was reached the chuckling jokists had quietly entered their own tents, with all the apparent innocence galliards of that description know well how to assume.1894, Francis Cornwallis Maude, John Walter Sherer, Memories of the Mutiny, volume 2, page 471

Forms of jokist

pluraljokists

Origin of jokist

From joke + -ist.

Questions about jokist

What does jokist mean?
Jokist means a joker; one who plays jokes.
What part of speech is jokist?
Jokist is a noun.
What is the plural of jokist?
The plural of jokist is jokists.

Words near jokist in the dictionary

  1. joking relationships
  2. joking up
  3. jokingly
  4. jokings
  5. jokish
  6. jokist
  7. jokists
  8. Jokkmokk
  9. jokokuite
  10. Jokowi
  11. Joktan

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