BADINAGING

Verb

badinaging

present participle of badinage

Source: Wiktionary


BADINAGE

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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