ger-, ges-, gest-

Suggestion (some call it hypnosis) received from another person; opposite of autosuggestion.

1. To act, write, or speak in a playfully joking manner about something.
2. A joke or witty remark; a witticism.
2. A bantering remark; a piece of good-natured ridicule; a taunt.
3. Etymology: from the 13th century, via Old French geste, "romantic exploit, action" from Latin gestus, gesta and gerere, "to behave, to perform, to act, to carry".

1. A professional clown employed to entertain a king or noblemen in the Middle Ages: A jester, or court fool, worked as a humorist in an English court during the medieval and Tudor times.
2. Someone who likes to do things to make people laugh: The friends always liked to have Jim around, who was termed the jester, because he always kept everybody chuckling, giggling, and roaring with joy!
3. Anyone who presents witticisms, jokes, and pranks: Everybody laughed with glee and hilarity when the man at the party, evidently a jester, started making puns and clever remarks. © ALL rights are reserved.

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