Persiflage
['pɜːsɪflɑːʒ] or ['pɝsɪflɑʒ]
Definition
(n.) Frivolous or bantering talk; a frivolous manner of treating any subject, whether serious or otherwise; light raillery.
Editor: Maureen
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Fr.] Banter, raillery, ridicule, jeering, mockery, quizzing, joking, pleasantry, frivolous talk.
Editor: Melinda
Definition
n. a frivolous way of talking or treating any subject: banter.—adj. Per′siflant bantering.—v.i. Per′siflāte (Thackeray).—n. Per′siflour (Carlyle).
Typist: Ollie
Examples
- I don't want any more of your meretricious persiflage. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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