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Gests

//d͡ʒɛsts// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    plural of Gest form-of, plural
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of gists (“a roll reciting the several stages arranged for a royal progress”). alt-of, alternative, obsolete, plural, plural-only

    "The pictured lives of martyr, or of saint, / Or gests of valorous knight"

  2. 2
    plural of gest form-of, plural

Etymology

Etymology 1

A variant of gists (etymology 1).

Etymology 2

From gest + -s (suffix forming regular plurals of nouns).

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