This . . . was Yorick's skull, the king's jester.
Shak.
Dressed in the motley garb that jesters wear.
Longfellow.
2. A person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light and amusing
talk.
He ambled up and down With shallow jesters.
Shak.
Jest"ful (?), a. Given to jesting; full of jokes.
Jest"ing, a. Sportive; not serious; fit for jests.
He will find that these are no jesting matters.
Macaulay.
Jest"ing, n. The act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry.
Eph. v. 4.
Jest"ing*ly, adv. In a jesting manner.