word-vault/dist/data/cards/je/jest.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "jest",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "something said or done to make people laugh",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He laughed uproariously at his own jest."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "joke"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "as a joke",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The remark was made half in jest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Many a true word is spoken in jest,’ thought Rosie (= people often say things as a joke that are actually true)."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dʒest/",
                "audio": "je/jest/jest__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dʒest/",
                "audio": "je/jest/jest__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from earlier gest, from Old French geste, from Latin gesta ‘actions, exploits’, from gerere ‘do’. The original sense was ‘exploit, heroic deed’, hence ‘a narrative of such deeds’ (originally in verse); later the term denoted an idle tale, hence a joke (mid 16th cent.)."
}