" jests "

[Noun]  | "jest" | \ ˈjest \

1: a joking or mocking remark

2: prank

3: a ludicrous circumstance or incident

Origin: circa 1548 ;

 Middle English gest, geste, jeste "chivalric romance, tale, heroic deed, exploit, action, amusement," borrowed from Anglo-French geste "heroic deed, romance, tale," borrowed from Latin gesta "deeds, exploits," plural of gestum "something carried out," noun derivative from neuter of gestus, past participle of gerere "to carry, bear, conduct one's business, act, perform, do," from a verb stem ges- of uncertain origin;

  * Note : The current senses of jest date from the 16th century. The Latin verb stem ges- is without evident Indo-European congeners. An old suggestion that it derives from *h2ǵ-es-, an extended form containing the zero grade of *h2eǵ- "drive" (see: {agent|agent}) has been revived (as, for example, by Michiel de Vaan in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages, Brill, 2008; the original suggestion was by Hermann Osthoff in Beiträge zur Kunde der indogermanischen Sprachen, Band 19 [1893], pp. 320-22.) Parallel formations adduced by Osthoff are, however, questionable, as *u̯es- (see: {wear:1|wear:1}) from *eu̯- "put on (footwear)," not possible if the root is actually *h2eu̯(H)- (see: {exuviae|exuviae}). Latin ger- is unlikely to have any relation to Old Norse kǫr "heap, pile," kǫstr "pile," kasta "to throw, fling" (see: {cast:1|cast:1}).;

[Verb]  | "jest" 

1: to make jokes or jests : to say things intended to be humorous

Origin: 1553 ;

 Middle English gesten "to recite romances," derivative of geste "chivalric romance, tale" {mat|jest:1|};

[Noun]  | "jests" 

[Noun]  | "jest" 

[Verb]  | "jests" 

[Verb]  | "jest"