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japeries

japeries is the plural of japery.

Meaning of japery

Noun

japery (countable and uncountable, plural japeries)

  1. Jesting, joking
    • In his opening pages he defines snark negatively — as a practice that certain famed comics are often charged with, but undeservedly and inaccurately because they actually trade in “irony” and also, one can’t help but gather from Denby’s remarks, because they’re politically virtuous in their japery...2009 February 22, Walter Kirn, “Insult as Injury”, in The New York Times

Questions about japeries

What is japeries the plural of?
Japeries is the plural of japery.

Words near japeries in the dictionary

  1. jape
  2. japed
  3. JAPEN
  4. Japenis
  5. japer
  6. japeries
  7. japers
  8. japery
  9. japes
  10. japester
  11. japesters

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