badinage

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This for the outsetting: light-hearted badinage, a fair summer afternoon, a zephyrish breeze coming in tiny cat's-paws out of the north-west, and a cloudless sky.

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  • The commander-in-chief who could find time at such a moment to indulge in badinage, must have possessed excellent nerve; and this composure, mingled with a certain buoyant hopefulness, as of one sure of the event, remained with Lee throughout the whole great wrestle with General Hooker. —  A Life of Gen Robert E Lee
  • He became the mark, in doing so, of inquiry and badinage, and some one, meaning to disparage the claim by intimation that the clerical professors of the institution had been enemies of the Government, called out to him, “How did they pray?” —  Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of William H F Lee
  • Vanyel was a dim shape in the darkness beside her; there was no moon, and only the dim light of the stars penetrated the boughs of the hemlock bushes they hid beneath. —  Arrows Of The Queen
  • This for the outsetting: light-hearted badinage, a fair summer afternoon, a zephyrish breeze coming in tiny cat's-paws out of the north-west, and a cloudless sky. —  The Price
  • De l'agreable badinage, —  Ninon de L'Enclos the Celebrated Beauty of the 17th Century
 

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persiflage ·  banter ·  jibe ·  quip ·  sally ·  pleasantry ·  facetiousness ·  drollery ·  waggery ·  gibe ·  chaff ·  witticism
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. French, from badin, joker, from Provençal badar, to gape, from Latin *batāre.

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  1. French, from badiner, jest, make merry, from badin, jesting frivolous, from Provencal badar (= French bayer), gape, from Middle Latin badare, gape: see bay
 

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/bædɪˈnɑzh/
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