Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jestee

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: jes-tee
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The individual who is the subject of a joke.

Example Sentences

"1759-67, Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy The mortgager and mortgagee differ the one from the other, not more in length of purse, than the jester and jestee do in that of memory."

Etymology

From jest + -ee.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: jest

Inflected Forms

jestees (plural)

Questions

What does jestee mean?: The individual who is the subject of a joke.
Where does jestee come from?: From jest + -ee.

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