persiflage
21persiflage — /ˈpɜsəflaʒ/ (say persuhflahzh) noun 1. light, bantering talk: *And although Jenny listened in all politeness, he felt dismally that his persiflage lacked dash. –g.b. lancaster, 1933. 2. a frivolous style of treating a subject. {French, from… …
22persiflage — noun Etymology: French, from persifler to banter, from per thoroughly + siffler to whistle, hiss, boo, ultimately from Latin sibilare Date: 1757 frivolous bantering talk ; light raillery …
23persiflage — /perr seuh flahzh , pair /, n. 1. light, bantering talk or writing. 2. a frivolous or flippant style of treating a subject. [1750 60; < F, deriv. of persifler to banter, equiv. to per PER + siffler to whistle, hiss < LL sifilare, for L sibilare;… …
24persiflage — Synonyms and related words: aphorism, apothegm, backchat, badinage, banter, bon mot, boutade, bright idea, bright thought, brilliant idea, chaff, conceit, crack, cross, epigram, exchange, facetiae, flash of wit, flight of wit, fooling, fooling… …
25PERSIFLAGE — a French term for a light, quizzing mockery, or scoffing, specially on serious subjects, out of a cool, callous contempt for them …
26Persiflage — Per·sif·la·ge [ flaːʒə] die; , en; geschr; eine (nachahmende) Darstellung, mit der man sich durch Übertreibung über jemanden lustig macht || hierzu per·siflie·ren (hat) Vt || NB: ↑Parodie …
27Persiflage — Per|si|fla|ge auch: Per|sif|la|ge 〈 [ ʒə] f.; Gen.: , Pl.: n〉 (geistvolle, bes. literar.) Verspottung [Etym.: frz.] …
28persiflage — per·si·flage || ‚pÉœrsɪ flÉ‘ËÊ’ /‚pÉœË n. mockery, ridicule; humor; scoffing, taunting …
29persiflage — (PER sih flahzh) [French] Banter; a light, teasing, or flippant style of writing or conversation …
30persiflage — [ pə:sɪflα:ʒ] noun formal light mockery or banter. Origin C18: from Fr. persifler to banter …
