See jester in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"expansion": "Middle English gestour",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "jest",
"3": "er",
"id2": "agent noun"
},
"expansion": "jest + -er",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English gestour; equivalent to jest + -er.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "jesters",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "jestering",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "jestered",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "jestered",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "jester (third-person singular simple present jesters, present participle jestering, simple past and past participle jestered)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To act in a foolish or clownish way for the purpose of entertainment or attracting attention."
],
"links": [
[
"act",
"act"
],
[
"foolish",
"foolish"
],
[
"clownish",
"clownish"
],
[
"entertainment",
"entertainment"
],
[
"attention",
"attention"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To act in a foolish or clownish way for the purpose of entertainment or attracting attention."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɛs.tə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-jester.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-jester.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-jester.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-jester.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-jester.wav.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɛs.tɚ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"homophone": "gestor"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛstə(ɹ)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "jest"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"jester"
],
"word": "jester"
}
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