jester
nounEtymology
From Middle English gestour; equivalent to jest + -er.
- inherited from gestour
Definitions
One who jests, jokes or teases.
- As resident jester at the maverick journalism outlet The Free Press, Nellie Bowles scours the news for the absurd and hypocritical, and then skewers the best of the worst in her column, TGIF.
A person in colourful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or…
A person in colourful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Southeast Asian genus Symbrenthia.
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To act in a foolish or clownish way for the purpose of entertainment or attracting…
To act in a foolish or clownish way for the purpose of entertainment or attracting attention.
A surname.
The neighborhood
- synonymclown
- synonymjoker
- synonymfool
- synonymjestress
- synonymfiddle
- synonymjester
- synonymjoculator
- synonymjoculatrix
- synonymmerryman
- synonymmotley fool
- synonymrailleur
- neighborbauble
- neighborcoxcomb
- neighborjest
- neighborlaughingstock
- neighbormotley
- neighboracrobat
- neighborjuggler
- neighbortumbler
- neighborperson
- neighborcourt jester
- neighborMerry Andrew
- neighborpickle-herring
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at jester. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at jester. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at jester
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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