badinage

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. frivolous banter
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Badinage \Ba`di`nage"\, n. [F., fr. badiner to joke, OF. to trifle, be silly, fr. badin silly.] Playful raillery; banter. "He . . . indulged himself only in an elegant badinage." --Warburton. [1913 Webster]
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