-p(ə)rē noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English japerie, from japen + -erie -ery
1. : jesting talk : jokes
the patterned wheezes and stylized japery that have stood them in such good stead during nearly two decades of burlesque — Gladwin Hill
2. : joke , jest
the sort of man who goes in for flippant japeries — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union