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persiflage


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  persiflage 
  n  :  light  teasing 




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