Definition of Jestee

1. the object of a jest [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jestee

jessamines
jessamy
jessant
jesse
jessed
jessemin
jesses
jessie
jessies
jessing
jest at
jestbook
jestbooks
jested
jestee (current term)
jestees
jester
jesters
jestest
jesteth
jestful
jestfully
jestfulness
jesting
jestingly
jestings
jestress
jestresses
jests

Literary usage of Jestee

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Scripture Proverbs: Illustrated, Annotated, and Applied by Francis Jacox (1876)
"The jester raised a laugh at the jestee's expense, and thought no more about it; but the jests were not therefore crossed out of the ..."

2. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman: Gentleman by Laurence Sterne (1894)
"CHAPTER XII THE mortgager and mortgagee differ, the one from the other, not more in length of purse than the jester and the jestee do in that of memory. ..."

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