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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread gest #79202 08/29/2002 4:30 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 From an e-mail I just got: you know? "Let the Queen know of our gests," Antony instructs his men after a hard-won victory on the battlefield in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. Great deeds and heroic acts have been the stuff of gests since medieval days; in fact, the word is more often associated with knights and heroes of old than with modern adventurers. We may not be hearing about many 21st century "gests," but we do frequently encounter other relatives of the word. "Gest" traces to Latin "gestus," the past participle of the verb "gerere," which means "to wage," "to accomplish," or "to act," among other things. That Latin verb gave us stoutly enduring words like "gesture," "ingest," "jest," "register," and "suggest." I've always spelled it as in "Beau Geste", story about French Foreign Legion I so much enjoyed as a teen-ager. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: gest wwh #196135 01/13/2011 5:07 PM Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 1 Dundasian stranger Dundasian stranger Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 1 Wouldn't you think that this word gest is etymologically linked to gist ( the gist of the gest!). But no, my Webster's tells me that gist comes from L. jacere, to build, to found.... Hunches don't always work. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: gest Dundasian #196137 01/13/2011 5:15 PM Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 677 Middle Earth bexter addict bexter addict Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 677 Middle Earth It is a positive shame that they don't Welcome Dundasian, to our humble abode...OK is another word with which hunches don't work...free has a most interesting etymology as well... ----The next sentence is true. The previous sentence is false---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: gest bexter #196140 01/13/2011 6:42 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water WELCOME DUNDASIAN You certainly found an old post to begin with. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: gest LukeJavan8 #197020 02/05/2011 4:46 AM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska Many of us, before embarking on a new gest, like to practice our (s)wordsmanship by hewing an old post. Peter Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: gest Dundasian #197021 02/05/2011 6:52 AM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Like I thought of the word quest which is also not related to gest but just like it is associated with heroic deeds by knighs and heroes of old. Quest and question both coming from quærere "seek, gain, ask. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: gest BranShea #197038 02/05/2011 4:07 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water The search for the Grail, and the Knights of Old. Wonderful stories. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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