playful, teasing talk; banter
Origin of badinage
French from badiner, to jest, make merry from badin, fool from Provençal badar, to gape from Vulgar Latin an unverified form batare, to gape, triflebadinage
bad·i·nage
noun
The definition of badinage is fun, light-hearted teasing.
An example of badinage is poking fun at a friend about an unflattering shirt.
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badinage
noun
Light, playful banter.
Origin of badinage
French from Middle French silliness, tomfoolery from badin silly, stupid from Old Provençal from badar to gape from Vulgar Latin batāre ; see bay2.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present badinages, present participle badinaging, simple past and past participle badinaged)
- To engage in badinage or playful banter.
Origin
From French badinage, from the verb badiner (“to jest, joke”).
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