"Jest" is a word in ENGLISH
A mask; a pageant; an interlude.
A deed; an action; a gest.
Something done or said in order to amuse; a joke; a
witticism; a jocose or sportive remark or phrase. See Synonyms under
Jest, v. i.
The object of laughter or sport; a laughingstock.
To take part in a merrymaking; -- especially, to act in a
mask or interlude.
To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make
light of anything.
I could reply. I could tell him that a metaphor is inadequate in the face of a bloodbath. That a Platonic inclination for dying doesn't balance out the serious decision to kill. That through the ages there has never been a great historical infamy committed for which there couldn't be found a symbol just as big, to justify it. That, in consequence, we would do well to pay attention to great certainties, to great invocations, to the great 'droughts' and 'rains'. That the temper of our most violent outbursts might benefit from a shade less enthusiasm.I could reply. But what good would it do? I have a simple, resigned, inexplicable sensation that everything that is happening is in the normal order of things and that I am awaiting a season that will come and pass -- because it has come and passed before.
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Read the complete definitionAn antimask.
Read the complete definitionA secondary mask, or grotesque interlude, between the parts of a serious mask.
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Read the complete definitionbangut v [A; b6(1)] tie up s. o. or s.t. s mouth or the lower part of the face. Bangútan …
Read the complete definitionWith the face uncovered; not masked.
Read the complete definitionTo mask; to conceal.
Read the complete definitionThe catcher's wire mask.
Read the complete definitionThat which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense; a mask; a cover.
Read the complete definitionTo hide by a counterfeit appearance; to cloak by a false show; to mask; as, to disguise anger; to disguise …
Read the complete definitionTo divest of a mask.
Read the complete definitiondispras n mask for a masquerade or as part of a costume. v {1} [A; b6] wear a mask. {2} …
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Read the complete definitionA kind of mask; particularly, a half mask worn at masquerades, to conceal the upper part of the face. Dominos …
Read the complete definitionA perfumed powder sprinkled upon the body to mask the odor of sweat.
Read the complete definitiongas mask n gas mask. v [A1] wear a gas mask.
Read the complete definitionA mask carved in imitation of a Gorgon's head.
Read the complete definitionTo cover, as with a mask; to disguise or conceal.
Read the complete definitionMasked; clothed as with a mask.
Read the complete definitionláway, or láw-ay - Ugliness, repulsiveness, nastiness, meanness, hideousness, obscenity; to be or become ugly, repulsive, hideous, forbidding, etc. Nagláw-ay …
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