name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɛst/
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homophone: jest
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rhymes with -ɛst
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CMU ARPABET: JH EH1 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A story or adventure; a verse or prose romance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
Examples
- a. 1639, Joseph Mede, a sermon And surely no Ceremonies of dedication , no not of Solomons Temple it self , are comparable to those sacred gests , whereby this place was sanctified
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noun
Meaning 4
Bearing; deportment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
A gesture or action.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
Alternative form of gist (“a stop for lodging or rest in a journey, or the place where this happens; a rest”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
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History
Etymology
From the German surname, related to geest (“sandy area”).
Borrowed from Middle French geste. Doublet of jest.
A variant of gist (“resting-place”).
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: gesto — gesture
- French: geste — gesture
- Serbo-Croatian: gesta — gesture
- French: geste — verse romance