different between mockable vs japeworthy
mockable
English
Etymology
mock (“to ridicule”) +? -able
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?k?b?l
Adjective
mockable (comparative more mockable, superlative most mockable)
- Able to be mocked.
- 2016, Jessica Valenti, The Guardian, 28 May:
- Mocking the men who hurt us, as mockable as they are, starts to feel like acquiescing to the most condescending of catcalls: “You look better when you smile.”
- 2016, Jessica Valenti, The Guardian, 28 May:
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japeworthy
English
Etymology
Apparently from Chaucer.
Adjective
japeworthy (comparative more japeworthy, superlative most japeworthy)
- (archaic, rare) Worthy of being japed, mockable.
- 1975, Georgette Heyer, My Lord John, 1976, Bantam Books, 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; […] .
- 1975, Georgette Heyer, My Lord John, 1976, Bantam Books, page 299,
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