joust

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
  2. verb joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback

Etymology

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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Synonyms

tilt

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