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A '''jester''', '''[[joker]]''', '''[[fool]]''' or '''[[buffoon]]''', is a specific type of [[entertainer]] mostly (but not always) associated with the [[Middle Ages]]. Jesters typically wore brightly colored clothing in a [[motley]] pattern. Their hats, sometimes called the cap ’n bells, cockscomb (obsolete [[coxcomb]]), were especially distinctive; made of cloth, they were floppy with three points (liliripes) each of which had a [[jingle bell]] at the end. The three points of the hat represent the asses' ears and tail worn by jesters in earlier times. Other things distinctive about the jester were his incessant laughter and his mock [[scepter]], known as a bauble or maharoof. | A '''jester''', '''[[joker]]''', '''[[fool]]''' or '''[[buffoon]]''', is a specific type of [[entertainer]] mostly (but not always) associated with the [[Middle Ages]]. Jesters typically wore brightly colored clothing in a [[motley]] pattern. Their hats, sometimes called the cap ’n bells, cockscomb (obsolete [[coxcomb]]), were especially distinctive; made of cloth, they were floppy with three points (liliripes) each of which had a [[jingle bell]] at the end. The three points of the hat represent the asses' ears and tail worn by jesters in earlier times. Other things distinctive about the jester were his incessant laughter and his mock [[scepter]], known as a bauble or maharoof. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
- | From Middle English ''geste'' (“idle tale”), from Old French ''geste'' (“acts, exploits”), from Latin ''gesta'' (“acts, deeds”) | + | From Middle English ''[[geste]]'' (“idle tale”), from Old French ''geste'' (“acts, exploits”), from Latin ''[[gesta]]'' (“acts, deeds”) |
==See also== | ==See also== |
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A jester, joker, fool or buffoon, is a specific type of entertainer mostly (but not always) associated with the Middle Ages. Jesters typically wore brightly colored clothing in a motley pattern. Their hats, sometimes called the cap ’n bells, cockscomb (obsolete coxcomb), were especially distinctive; made of cloth, they were floppy with three points (liliripes) each of which had a jingle bell at the end. The three points of the hat represent the asses' ears and tail worn by jesters in earlier times. Other things distinctive about the jester were his incessant laughter and his mock scepter, known as a bauble or maharoof.
Etymology
From Middle English geste (“idle tale”), from Old French geste (“acts, exploits”), from Latin gesta (“acts, deeds”)
See also
- Basil Fool for Christ
- Bouffon
- Clown society
- Foolishness for Christ
- Harlequin
- Itinerant poet
- Jest
- Jest book
- Jester's privilege
- List of jesters
- Marotte, the jester's bauble, or rod of office
- Master of the Revels
- Skomorokh
- Triboulet
- Trickster