japeworthy

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English

Etymology

From jape +‎ -worthy, apparently from Chaucer.

Adjective

japeworthy (comparative more japeworthy, superlative most japeworthy)

  1. (archaic, rare) Worthy of being japed, mockable.
    • 1975, Georgette Heyer, My Lord John, Bantam Books, published 1976, page 299:
      All over Europe, people were cracking the lewdest jests about them; no one could decide which of the two was the most japeworthy; [] .