单词 | persifleur |
释义 | persifleurn. A person who indulges in persiflage. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > [noun] > one who banters railleur1655 raillier1663 banterer1678 rallier1678 badineur1734 quiz1797 quizzer1797 queerera1800 smoker1812 persifleur1829 chaffer1851 tease1853 leg-puller1887 josher1899 ragger1903 kibitzer1925 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [noun] > one who indulges in quipper1589 quipster1790 persifleur1829 cross-talker1907 smart mouth1966 1829 Foreign Rev. 3 449 Over all which Chamouni-needles and Staubbach-Falls, the great Persifleur skims along in this his little poetical air-ship. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes i. 22 They feel withal that, if persiflage be the great thing, there never was such a persifleur [as Voltaire]. 1879 A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen I. v. 147 He would have been a consummate persifleur. 1974 O. Manning Rain forest i. x. 127 He thought: ‘A leg-puller, a persifleur, a practical joker?’ 2003 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 5 Mar. 56 A persifleur, by the way, is one who takes part in persiflage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1829 |
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