Word of the Day: JAPE-WORTHY

ETYMOLOGY
from jape + worthy

EXAMPLE
“… or ellys what difference is þer bytwixe þe prescience. and þilke iape-worþi
dyuynynge of Tiresie þe diuino ur þat seide
…”

From: Chaucer’s translation of Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiae, c1374

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