gest
/d͡ʒɛst/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony.
Archaic; Countable; Uncountable
noun
Alternative form of gist (“a stop for lodging or rest in a journey, or the place where this happens; a rest”).
Obsolete
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "The tales of Robin Hood, or the gests written by Ariost the Italian in his booke intituled Orlando furioso."
- "Who faire them quites, as him beseemed best, And goodly gan discourse of many a noble gest."
- "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"
- "through his heroic grace and honorable gest"
- "They did obeysaunce, as beseemed right, / And then againe returned to their restes: / The Porter eke to her did lout with humble gestes."
- "more Kings and Princes have written his gestes and actions, than any other historians, of what quality soever, have registred the gests, or collected the actions of any other King or Prince that ever was[…]."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /d͡ʒɛst/
- British English: /d͡ʒɛst/