'Badinage' definitions:

Definition of 'badinage'

(from WordNet)
noun
Frivolous banter

Definition of 'Badinage'

From: GCIDE
  • Badinage \Ba`di`nage"\, n. [F., fr. badiner to joke, OF. to trifle, be silly, fr. badin silly.] Playful raillery; banter. "He . . . indulged himself only in an elegant badinage." --Warburton. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'badinage'

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