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jesty

adj
/ˈd͡ʒɛstiː/

Etymology

From jest + -y.

  1. derived from gesta
  2. derived from geste
  3. inherited from geste
  4. suffixed as jesty — “jest + y”

Definitions

  1. Inclined to jest

    Inclined to jest; waggish; sportive.

    • Such a funny, sporty, gamy, jesty, joky, hoky-poky lad, is the Ocean.

  2. A surname.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at jesty. 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.

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A definitional loop anchored at jesty. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at jesty

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA