The Word -Jape

"Didn't they teach you manners in that castle of yours?"
Kolt looked up, momentarily forgetting the jape he was going to respond with upon seeing the young woman before him. He hadn't seen anyone remotely beautiful in Yorvet's camp before. Who was this? "I---it depends, are you a captive too or with Yorvet?" He finally responded.
She raised an eyebrow. "Yorvet."
He exhaled. Shoot. And returned to his bowl of soup. "Then, no, they didn't."
"And why is that?" She asked.
"Because they only went over niceties with Nobles and Peasants, we hadn't yet reached the lesson on kidnappers and their evil bands."
"So you think I'm evil?"
"Beautiful, sure. Evil probably." He shrugged with a smirk. "If this is Yorvet's idea of getting me to cooperate, you can tell him to forget it. I'm not that shallow." Not anymore. Not in this camp. He wasn't a fool


Jape -1: to say or do something jokingly or mockingly 2: to make mocking fun of.

Added Info -"Jape" mysteriously appeared in the English language during the 14th century and was adopted by literary folks, such as Geoffrey Chaucer, as a word meaning both "to trick" and "to jeer." It was also used, however, with the meanings "to seduce (someone)" or "to have sexual intercourse." This ambiguity forced writers to think twice about using "jape" in fear of misinterpretation. Ultimately, respectable writers avoided the word, and by the end of the 16th century, it had fallen into disuse. But this four-letter word was not completely forgotten. It got its second chance when 19th-century writers began using its "jeer" meaning again--leaving its carnal meaning in oblivion.