jest

1. (archaic)An act performed for amusement; a joke.

   I made that comment in jest; it wasn't serious.

   Witz, Scherz

   насме́шкаnasméška, остро́таostróta

2. (archaic)Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.

   Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court.

   Witzfigur

   посме́шищеposméšišče

3. (obsolete)A deed; an action; a gest.

4. (obsolete)A mask; a pageant; an interlude.

1. I said it in jest.

   Я сказала це жартома. — deniko

   ruЯ сказал это в шутку. — heccele

   deIch habe das im Scherz gesagt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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2. I said so purely in jest.

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3. Are you in jest or in earnest?

   ruВы говорите это в шутку или всерьёз? — papersaltserver

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4. I adore the jests from my homeland.

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5. There's many a true word spoken in jest.

   ruВ шутке сказано много правды. — Hellerick

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