JAPES

Noun

japes

plural of jape

Verb

japes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jape

Anagrams

• jaspe, jaspé

Source: Wiktionary


JAPE

Jape, v. i. Etym: [Prob. from the same source as gab,influenced by F. japper to yelp. See Gab to deceive.]

Definition: To jest; to play tricks; to jeer. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Jape, v. t.

Definition: To mock; to trick. Chaucer. I have not been putting a jape upon you. Sir W. Scott. The coy giggle of the young lady to whom he has imparted his latest merry jape. W. Besant.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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