jesty

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/ˈd͡ʒɛstiː/[ˈd͡ʒɛstɪi̯]

adjective

Inclined to jest; waggish; sportive.

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Meanings

jesty1

adjectivejesty (comparative more jesty, superlative most 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

Jesty2

proper noun
  1. A surname.

Origin

From jest + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with jesty

zestytestywestychestybestiebreastyfestynestypestyquestieresty
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Cite this entry
APA

jesty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jesty

MLA

“jesty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jesty. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jesty,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jesty.

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