persiflage

(pûr'sə-fläzh')
n.

1. Light good-natured talk; banter.
2. Light or frivolous manner of discussing a subject.

[French, from persifler, to banter : per-, intensive pref. (from Latin; see per-) + siffler, to whistle (from Old French , from Late Latin sīfilāre , alteration of Latin sībilāre).]

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frivolous, bantering talk

IN BRIEF: Frivolous talk or banter.

They spent the entire afternoon wallowing in gossip and persiflage.

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• Rhetoric and Figures of Speech - persiflage: banter; light chatter
• Drivel and Silly Talk

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See words rhyming with "persiflage."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - (godmodigt) drilleri

Nederlands (Dutch)
persiflage, scherts

Français (French)
n. - propos frivoles

Deutsch (German)
n. - Persiflage, Spöttelei

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αστεϊσμός, χαριτολόγημα, καλαμπούρι(α)

Italiano (Italian)
canzonatura, burla

Português (Portuguese)
n. - zombaria (f)

Русский (Russian)
ерничанье, легкая шутка

Español (Spanish)
n. - burla, guasa, zumba

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gyckel, spe, drift

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
戏弄, 挖苦, 嘲弄

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 戲弄, 挖苦, 嘲弄

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 놀려댐, 농담

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 軽口, からかい, 冗談

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مداعبه بين الأصدقاء, مزاح, تهكم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮לגלוג, היתול‬

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