badinage

[ bad-n-ahzh, bad-n-ij ]

/ ˌbæd nˈɑʒ, ˈbæd n ɪdʒ /

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noun

light, playful banter or raillery.

verb (used with object), bad·i·naged, bad·i·nag·ing.

to banter with or tease (someone) playfully.

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Origin of badinage

1650–60; <French, equivalent to badin(er) to joke, trifle (verbal derivative of badin joker, banterer <Old Provençal: fool; bad(ar) to gape (<Vulgar Latin batāre;cf. bay²) + -in<Latin -īnus-ine¹) + -age-age

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How to use badinage in a sentence

Going back, Liszt indulged in a little graceful badinage apropos of the concerto.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
He felt the pathos of her black gown; but she had rallied from the first shock of her sorrow, and met him in his key of badinage.
A Hoosier Chronicle|Meredith Nicholson
He challenged me, in badinage, as though he had a right to say who should visit Wardour.
The Diamond Coterie|Lawrence L. Lynch
I could not be annoyed at this mingling of praise and badinage, especially when she relieved me from all sense of intrusion.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865|Various

What badinage to toss into the face of a man who had braved death upon a hundred battle-fields and all for "loyalty!"
The Broken Sword|Dennison Worthington

British Dictionary definitions for badinage

badinage

/ (ˈbædɪˌnɑːʒ) /

noun

playful or frivolous repartee or banter

Word Origin for badinage

C17: from French, from badiner to jest, banter, from Old Provençal badar to gape

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