RAILLERY

banter, raillery, give-and-take, backchat

(noun) light teasing repartee

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

raillery (countable and uncountable, plural railleries)

Good-natured ridicule, jest or banter.

Source: Wiktionary


Rail"ler*y, n. Etym: [F. raillerie, fr. railler. See Rail to scoff.]

Definition: Pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment. Let raillery be without malice or heat. B. Jonson. Studies employed on low objects; the very naming of them is sufficient to turn them into raillery. Addison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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