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Raillery

Raillery Meaning & Definition
Raillery Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Raillery?

[n] light teasing repartee

Synonyms | Synonyms for Raillery: backchat | banter | give-and-take

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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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