| 单词 |
japer |
| 释义 |
japer|ˈdʒeɪpə(r)|
[f. prec. + -er1.]
†1. A trickster, deceiver, seducer, impostor. Obs.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. Prol. 35 Iapers and Iangelers Iudas Children, Founden hem Fantasyes and fooles hem maaden. 1393Ibid. C. xviii. 310 Thei seien soþliche..That Iesus was bote a Iogelour, a Iaper a-monge þe comune. c1440York Myst. xxxii. 43 It is Jesus þat japer þat Judas ganne selle vs. a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 33 Ye are but a mocker, and a iaper of ladies, and that is a foule tache. 1470–85Malory Arthur viii. xl, Me semeth by his countenaunce he shold be a noble knyght and no Iaper.
2. One who japes or jokes; esp. a professional jester. Obs. since 16th c.; revived in 19th c.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. ix. 90 He is worse þan Iudas þat ȝiueth a iaper, siluer, And biddeth þe begger go for his broke clothes. Ibid. x. 31 Iaperes and iogeloures and iangelers of gestes. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 453 He [arche⁓bishope Rauf] usede more lawhynge and playenge þan it semede his staate and his age, and he was nyh i-cleped a iapere. c1440Promp. Parv. 257/2 Iaper, nugax, nugaculus. c1475Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 806/20 Hic nugator,..a chaper. 1550Bale Eng. Votaries ii. 72 b, And Treuisa addeth..in fyne Englysh, that thys hawtie prelate [abp. Rauf] was a great Iaper: the terme is sumwhat homelye. 1869Blackw. Mag. Dec. 687/1 Japers, who were an inferior kind of minstrel, also made their appearance in these plays. 1884A. Lang in Harper's Mag. Nov. 894/1 Sydney Smith's fame is dwindling into that of a japer of japes. |
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