japeworthy

japeworthy

English

Etymology

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, 1976, Bantam Books, 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; […] .