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单词 persiflate
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persiflatev.

Brit. /ˈpəːsᵻfleɪt/, U.S. /ˈpərsəˌfleɪt/
Forms: 1800s persifflate, 1900s– persiflate.
Origin: A borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: French persifler , persiffler , -ate suffix3.
Etymology: < French persifler, †persiffler to banter lightly (1745, although compare persiflage persiflage n.; < per- per- prefix + siffler to whistle: see siffle v.) + -ate suffix3, after persiflage n.
rare.
intransitive. To indulge in persiflage, to talk banteringly.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > banter [verb (intransitive)]
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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).
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