japeworthy
English
editEtymology
editFrom jape + -worthy, apparently from Chaucer.
Adjective
editjapeworthy (comparative more japeworthy, superlative most japeworthy)
- (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; […] .