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jesting

noun as in buffoonery

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He was silent and moody, and showed little responsiveness to Garnache's jesting humour.

Katie said this with a still darker frown; for she thought that the urchin was jesting.

At this announcement Signor Angiolino gave me a look of unfeigned surprise; he imagined that I was jesting.

I had very nearly left two vices behind me at Glenogil—fishing and jesting at table.

As Ballantrae spoke, half jesting, half enthusiastic, Balmile was constrained to do as he was bidden.

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On this page you'll find 28 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to jesting, such as: clowning, humor, joking, and wit.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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