japeworthy

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adjective

Worthy of being japed, mockable.

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Meanings

adjectivejapeworthy (comparative more japeworthy, superlative most japeworthy)

comparative more japeworthy · superlative most japeworthy

  1. archaicrareWorthy of being japed, mockable.

    All over Europe, people were cracking the lewdest jests about them; no one could decide which of the two was the most japeworthy;[…].

    1975, Georgette Heyer, My Lord John, Bantam Books, published 1976, page 299

Origin

From jape + -worthy, apparently from Chaucer.

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japeworthy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/japeworthy

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“japeworthy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/japeworthy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “japeworthy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/japeworthy.

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