persiflage

From French, from persifler (“to quiz, tease, mock”), from per- + siffler (“to whistle”), from Latin sībilō (“whistle”)

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜː.sɪ.flɑːʒ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɝː.sɪ.flɑːʒ/

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persiflage (countable and uncountable, plural persiflages)

1. Good-natured banter; raillery.

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

2. Frivolous, lighthearted discussion of a topic.

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

• (good-natured banter): banter, raillery

• pilferages

Borrowed from French persiflage.

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɛr.siˈflaː.ʒə/

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• Hyphenation: per‧si‧fla‧ge
• Rhymes: -aːʒə

persiflage m (plural persiflages)

1. Lighthearted caricature or mockery, as in a comedy sketch.
2. (archaic) Ridiculing mispresenting or misconstruing.

• persifflage (1990 spelling)

persifler +‎ -age

persiflage m (plural persiflages)

1. Ridicule or malicious mockery made under the guise of good-natured raillery.

• “persiflage” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).