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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
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