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Definition of Japery
1. Noun. Acting like a clown or buffoon.
Generic synonyms: Craziness, Folly, Foolery, Indulgence, Lunacy, Tomfoolery
Specialized synonyms: Schtick, Schtik, Shtick, Shtik
Derivative terms: Clown, Frivolous
Definition of Japery
1. n. Jesting; buffoonery.
Definition of Japery
1. Noun. Jesting, joking ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Japery
1. mockery [n -ERIES] - See also: mockery
Lexicographical Neighbors of Japery
Literary usage of Japery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the History and Use of the Suffixes -ery (-ry), -age, and -ment in English by Fredrik Gadde (1910)
"japery 'jesting speech, ribaldry', according to NED. a formation from the verb
jape 'to jest' or japer 'jester'. These words are evidently related to French ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... Luigi Pulci (1432- 1484), in his "Morgante", treated the adventures of Orlando
with a fan- \ tastic mingling of seriousness and japery; ..."
3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"pleasantry, jape (chiefly a literary archaism), drollery, witticism. Í.
play (contextual), sport (as in "done in sport"); spec, japery, joking, waggery, ..."
4. Washington Close-ups: Intimate Views of Some Public Figures by Edward George Lowry (1921)
"... the puttee and the leggin and their relationship to the spur. Much might be
said about that, but I refrain. A japery ran about for a ..."
5. The Story of Siena and San Gimignano by Edmund Garratt Gardner (1913)
"... he told it in line and colour, kept the whole convent in an uproar with his
japery. " It would be impossible to describe," says Vasari, " the fun that, ..."
6. The philology of the English tongue by John Earle (1880)
"Both these senses date from the French period of our history. To jape is to jest
coarsely; a japer is a low buffoon ; japery is buffoonery; ..."
7. In Other Words by Franklin Pierce Adams (1912)
"Where then my japery and jest? And if the paper mill shut down Or leaden type no
more were minted, Where then would be my fair renown? ..."
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