About The Word Raillery
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Raillery
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What's The Definition Of Raillery?
[n] light teasing repartee
Synonyms | Synonyms for Raillery: backchat | banter | give-and-take Related Terms | Find terms related to Raillery: See Also | badinage | persiflage | repartee Raillery In Webster's Dictionary \Rail"ler*y\ (r[a^]l"l[~e]r*[y^] or r[=a]l"-; 277), n.
[F. raillerie, fr. railler. See {Rail} to scoff.]
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.
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