Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Badinage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
badinage
n : frivolous banter
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