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persiflage

[ pur-suh-flahzh, pair- ]

noun

  1. light, bantering talk or writing.

    Synonyms: badinage, banter

  2. a frivolous or flippant style of treating a subject.


persiflage

/ ˈpɜːsɪˌflɑːʒ /

noun

  1. light frivolous conversation, style, or treatment; friendly teasing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of persiflage1

First recorded in 1750–60; from French, derivative of persifler “to banter,” equivalent to per- prefix meaning “through, thoroughly, very” + siffler “to whistle, hiss,” from Late Latin sifilāre, for Latin sībilāre; per-, sibilant, -age
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Word History and Origins

Origin of persiflage1

C18: via French, from persifler to tease, from per- (intensive) + siffler to whistle, from Latin sībilāre to whistle
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Example Sentences

"There's a little too much persiflage around here," he said sternly.

Forester smiled, but not without anger, at the quiet persiflage of her manner.

The proprietor of the Kingsbury Tavern smiled indulgently at this persiflage.

All this persiflage, in harmony with the polemics of the Gorgias, derides and degrades the Rhetors collectively.

What brilliant effort of persiflage was to follow will never be known, for at that moment came Sanders.

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