persiflage

persiflage
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 around, gibe, give-and-take, good-natured banter, happy thought, harmless teasing, jape, jest, jive, joke, josh, kidding, kidding around, mot, nasty crack, play of wit, pleasantry, quip, quips and cranks, raillery, rallying, repartee, retort, ridicule, riposte, sally, scintillation, smart crack, smart saying, snappy comeback, sport, stroke of wit, turn of thought, twit, wisecrack, witticism

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  • persiflage — [ pɛrsiflaʒ ] n. m. • 1735; de persifler ♦ Action de persifler; propos d une personne qui persifle. ⇒ ironie, moquerie, raillerie (cf. Mise en boîte). « C était un âpre persiflage, tourner chaque mot que je disais en dérision » (Montherlant). Des …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • persiflage — 1757, from Fr. persiflage, from persifler to banter, from L. per through + Fr. siffler to whistle, hiss, from collateral form of L. sibilare to hiss, possibly of imitative origin …   Etymology dictionary

  • Persiflage — 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. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Persiflage — (fr., spr. Persiflasch), Spott, spitziger Tadel; Persifliren, auf seine, spitze Weise verspotten …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Persiflage — (franz., spr. ßiflasch ), versteckter Spott; persiflieren, einen durch solchen lächerlich machen …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Persiflage — (frz., spr. ahsch ), feiner versteckter Spott; persiflieren, auf feine Weise verspotten …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Persiflage — Persiflage, jener seine Spott, welcher, mit Hilfe der Ironie, eine Person oder Sache lächerlich zu machen sucht. B–l …   Damen Conversations Lexikon

  • Persiflage — (–lahsch), seiner Spott; persifliren, verspotten …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • persiflage — *badinage, raillery Analogous words: bantering or banter, chaffing or chaff (see BANTER): ridiculing or ridicule, twitting, deriding or derision (see corresponding verbs at RIDICULE) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • persiflage — ► NOUN formal ▪ light mockery or banter. ORIGIN from French persifler to banter …   English terms dictionary

  • persiflage — [pʉr′sə fläzh΄] n. [Fr < persifler, to banter < per (see PER ) + siffler, to whistle, hiss < L sifilare, var. of sibilare: see SIBILANT] 1. a light, frivolous or flippant style of writing or speaking 2. such talk or writing …   English World dictionary

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