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badinage
[ bad-n-ahzh, bad-n-ij ]
noun
- light, playful banter or raillery.
verb (used with object)
- to banter with or tease (someone) playfully.
badinage
/ ˈbædɪˌnɑːʒ /
noun
- playful or frivolous repartee or banter
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of badinage1
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Example Sentences
Going back, Liszt indulged in a little graceful badinage apropos of the concerto.
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.
He challenged me, in badinage, as though he had a right to say who should visit Wardour.
I could not be annoyed at this mingling of praise and badinage, especially when she relieved me from all sense of intrusion.
What badinage to toss into the face of a man who had braved death upon a hundred battle-fields and all for "loyalty!"
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