† joppe, n. Obs. rare—0.
[Known only from Promp. Parv., which equates it with a med.L. joppus, used also as one of the renderings of javel, and cited from earlier med.L. glossaries.]
A fool. Hence † ˈjoppery, folly.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 265/1 Ioppe, or folte, Joppus, C[ampus] F[lorum] joppa. [Cf. Iavel, Joppus, gerro, Ugutio.] Ibid. 264/1 Iopperye, or foltery, Jopperia. |