gests

G2E1S1T1S1
US, UK/d͡ʒɛsts/

A form of gest — A story or adventure; a verse or prose romance.

UncommonScrabble 6
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

gests1

noungests pl (plural only)
  1. alternativeobsoletepluralplural onlyAlternative form of gists (“a roll reciting the several stages arranged for a royal progress”).

    The pictured lives of martyr, or of saint, / Or gests of valorous knight

    1829, John Hanmer, “Proteus”, in Fra Cipolla: And Other Poems

gests2

noun
  1. pluralplural of gest

Gests3

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Gest

Origin

gests · noun

A variant of gists (etymology 1).

Full word history & related roots →

gests · noun

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with gests

bests
All rhymes →
Cite this entry
APA

gests. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gests

MLA

“gests.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gests. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gests,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gests.

Source: gests on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.