Japery
[jeyp] /dʒeɪp/
verb (used without object), japed, japing.
1.
to jest; joke; gibe.
verb (used with object), japed, japing.
2.
to mock or make fun of.
noun
3.
a joke; jest; quip.
4.
a trick or practical joke.
/dʒeɪp/
noun
1.
a jest or joke
verb
2.
to joke or jest (about)
v.
late 14c., “to trick, beguile, jilt,” perhaps from Old French japer “to howl, bawl, scream,” of echoic origin, or from Old French gaber “to mock, deride.” Phonetics suits the former, but sense the latter explanation. Took on a slang sense mid-15c. of “have sex with,” and disappeared from polite usage. Revived in harmless Middle English sense of “say or do something in jest” by Scott, etc. Related: Japed; japing.
n.
early 14c., “trick, deceit,” later “a joke, a jest” (late 14c.); see jape (v.). By mid-14c. it meant “frivolous pastime,” by 1400, “bawdiness.”
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