BADINAGE

badinage

(noun) frivolous banter

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

badinage (countable and uncountable, plural badinages)

Playful raillery; banter.

Verb

badinage (third-person singular simple present badinages, present participle badinaging, simple past and past participle badinaged)

To engage in badinage or playful banter.

Source: Wiktionary

Ba`di`nage", n. Etym: [F., fr. badiner to joke, OF. to trifle, be silly, fr. badin silly.]

Definition: Playful raillery; banter. "He . . . indulged himself only in an elegant badinage." Warburton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition