单词 | persiflate |
释义 | persiflatev. rare. intransitive. To indulge in persiflage, to talk banteringly. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > banter [verb (intransitive)] bourd1303 japec1374 rail?1507 gaud1532 mow1559 railly1612 rally1625 banter1660 badiner1697 chaffa1845 josh1845 persiflate1850 to poke (the) borak1882 kibitz1923 to take the mickey (out of)1948 mickey-take1959 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xiv. 125 Osborne was quite savage. The little Governess patronised him and persiffléd him.] 1850 W. M. Thackeray Let. 21 Aug. (1946) IV. 425 We talked and persifflated all the way to London. 1961 R. Usborne Wodehouse at Work iii. 67 Marriott and Jimmy Silver putting their feet up and simply persiflating. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1850 |
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