Definition of Perseflage

Definition of Perseflage

Persiflage, a French term for a light, quizzing mockery, or scoffing, specially on serious subjects, out of a cool, callous contempt for them.

- Wikipedia

||Per`si`flage" (?), n. [F., fr. persifler to quiz, fr. L. per + siffler to whistle, hiss, L. sibilare, sifilare.] Frivolous or bantering talk; a frivolous manner of treating any subject, whether serious or otherwise; light raillery. Hannah More.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

good-natured banter; raillery
After the third strike he returned to the bench to face the inevitable persiflage from his teammates.
frivolous, lighthearted discussion of a topic
Polite dinner calls for persiflage rather than in-depth possibly offensive discussion.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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