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badinage

noun
/ˌbæd.ɪˈnɑːʒ/UK/ˌbɑd.ɪˈnɑʒ/US

Etymology

Borrowed from French badinage, from the verb badiner (“jest, joke”) from badin (“playful”), from Occitan badar (“gape”). Distantly related to abash.

  1. derived from badar
  2. borrowed from badinage

Definitions

  1. Playful raillery

    Playful raillery; banter.

    • I am persuaded, if all gay badinage were prefaced by an explanation, it would be infinitely better received.
    • Your badinage so airy, / Your manner arbitrary, / Are out of place / When face to face / With an influential Fairy.
    • "[…] God knows that if you were only safely married to Jacob I would not care how much you saw of Henri; but as you are not, I think these badinages are very ill-timed and take your mind off the principal business."

  2. To engage in badinage or playful banter.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA