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▪ I. ‖ badinage, n.|badɪˈnaʒ, ˈbædɪnɪdʒ|
[a. F. badinage, f. badiner (see below) and -age.]
Light trifling raillery or humorous banter.
1658in Phillips. 1740Cibber Apol. (1756) II. 74 The frivolous charms or playful badinage of a king's mistress. 1880Disraeli Endym. xxxvii, Men destined to the highest places should beware of badinage.
▪ II. badinage, v.
[f. prec. n.]
To banter playfully. to badinage away: to get rid of by badinage.
1804W. Cooke Mem. Charles Macklin 74 And the men who chose to go and badinage with them, did it at the peril of their character. 1861All Y. Round 13 July 383 To scoff away attacks, to badinage away reforms. 1878Black Green Past. iv. 34 She has badinaged him into the peerage. |