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bejape

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
be-jape
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To play a trick on; trick or befool.

British usage; Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English bejapen, bijapen, equivalent to be- + jape. Cognate with Scots bejaip (“to befool”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

bejapes (present, singular) bejaping (participle, present) bejaped (participle, past) bejaped (past)

Questions

What does bejape mean?
To play a trick on; trick or befool.
Where does bejape come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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