About The Word Badinage
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Badinage
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What's The Definition Of Badinage?
[n] frivolous banter
Synonyms | Synonyms for Badinage: Related Terms | Find terms related to Badinage: backchat | banter | chaff | chaffing | exchange | fooling | fooling around | give-and-take | good-natured banter | harmless teasing | jape | jest | jive | joke | josh | joshing | kidding | kidding around | persiflage | pleasantry | raillery | rallying | repartee | ridicule | sport | twit See Also | backchat | banter | give-and-take | raillery Badinage In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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