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单词 persifleur
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persifleurn.

Brit. /ˈpəːsᵻfləː/, U.S. /ˈpərsəˌflər/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French persifleur.
Etymology: < French persifleur (1744) < persifler (although this is first attested slightly later: see persiflate v.) + -eur -eur suffix. Compare earlier persiflage n.
A person who indulges in persiflage.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > [noun] > one who banters
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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).
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