Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
An act performed for amusement; a joke. · Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke. · A deed; an action; a gest. · A mask; a pageant; an interlude.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.
From Middle English geste (“idle tale”), from Old French geste (“acts, exploits”), from Latin gesta (“acts, deeds”). Doublet of gest.
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