persiflage

persiflage
noun /ˈpɜː.sɪ.flɑːʒ,ˈpɝː.sɪ.flɑːʒ/
a) Good-natured banter; raillery.

After the third strike he returned to the bench to face the inevitable persiflage from his teammates.

b) Frivolous, lighthearted discussion of a topic.

Polite dinner calls for persiflage rather than in-depth possibly offensive discussion.


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  • persiflage — [ pɛrsiflaʒ ] n. m. • 1735; de persifler ♦ Action de persifler; propos d une personne qui persifle. ⇒ ironie, moquerie, raillerie (cf. Mise en boîte). « C était un âpre persiflage, tourner chaque mot que je disais en dérision » (Montherlant). Des …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • persiflage — 1757, from Fr. persiflage, from persifler to banter, from L. per through + Fr. siffler to whistle, hiss, from collateral form of L. sibilare to hiss, possibly of imitative origin …   Etymology dictionary

  • Persiflage — Per si flage , n. [F., fr. persifler to quiz, fr. L. per + siffler to whistle, hiss, L. sibilare, sifilare.] Frivolous or bantering talk; a frivolous manner of treating any subject, whether serious or otherwise; light raillery. Hannah More. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Persiflage — (fr., spr. Persiflasch), Spott, spitziger Tadel; Persifliren, auf seine, spitze Weise verspotten …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Persiflage — (franz., spr. ßiflasch ), versteckter Spott; persiflieren, einen durch solchen lächerlich machen …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Persiflage — (frz., spr. ahsch ), feiner versteckter Spott; persiflieren, auf feine Weise verspotten …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Persiflage — Persiflage, jener seine Spott, welcher, mit Hilfe der Ironie, eine Person oder Sache lächerlich zu machen sucht. B–l …   Damen Conversations Lexikon

  • Persiflage — (–lahsch), seiner Spott; persifliren, verspotten …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • persiflage — *badinage, raillery Analogous words: bantering or banter, chaffing or chaff (see BANTER): ridiculing or ridicule, twitting, deriding or derision (see corresponding verbs at RIDICULE) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • persiflage — ► NOUN formal ▪ light mockery or banter. ORIGIN from French persifler to banter …   English terms dictionary

  • persiflage — [pʉr′sə fläzh΄] n. [Fr < persifler, to banter < per (see PER ) + siffler, to whistle, hiss < L sifilare, var. of sibilare: see SIBILANT] 1. a light, frivolous or flippant style of writing or speaking 2. such talk or writing …   English World dictionary

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