badinage

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

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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.

Origin of badinage

First recorded in 1650–60; from French, equivalent to badin(er) “to joke, trifle” (verbal derivative of badin “joker, banterer,” from Old Provençal bad(ar) “to gape” or directly from Vulgar Latin batāre; cf. bay²) + -in, from 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

Origin of badinage

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

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