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Added 9 October 2026

joust

/d͡ʒaʊst/ noun

Latin root: iūxta Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about joust at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances.

verb

Joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback.

Origin

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French jouster (modern French jouter), from Vulgar Latin *juxtō, *iuxtō, *iuxtāre, from Latin iūxta (“close to”). English since the early 14th century.

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