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Definition of Japeries
1. japery [n] - See also: japery
Lexicographical Neighbors of Japeries
Literary usage of Japeries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The King of Court Poets: A Study of the Work, Life and Time of Lodovico Ariosto by Edmund Garratt Gardner (1906)
"... Fra Mariano, sporting with devils, with the inscription : Questi sono li
capricci di Fra Mariano: ' These are the japeries of Fra Mariano. ..."
2. Something Else Again by Franklin Pierce Adams (1920)
"Where are the japeries, fresh or frayed, That Fields and Lewis used to throw?
Where is the horn that Shepherd played? The slide trombone that Wood would ..."
3. A Supplement to the Two Volumes of the Second Edition of The Essay on the by John Bellenden Ker (1840)
"japeries is often used by Chaucer iu the sense of fooleries, idle talk- ings ;
and Japer as an idle talker, jester, one who says any thing that comes ..."
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