japeworthy

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; […] .