persiflagen.

Brit.

/ˈpəːsᵻflɑːʒ/,

/ˌpəːsᵻˈflɑːʒ/, U.S.

/ˈpərsəˌflɑʒ/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French persiflage.

Etymology: < French persiflage (1735) < persifler to banter lightly (although this is first attested slightly later: see persiflate v.) + -age -age suffix.

Light raillery or mockery; bantering talk; a frivolous or mildly contemptuous manner of treating any subject.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > [noun]

mirth1560

dicacity1592

jest1597

pleasantry1602

raillery1642

rallery1652

badinage1658

banter1660

disport1667

badinerie1712

rig1725

bantery1739

jokery1740

persiflage1757

quizzery1809

quiz1819

chaff1841

borak1845

barrackc1890

mickey-take1968

smack talk1989

bants2008

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [noun]

agnomination1574

paronymy1627

adnomination1628

wit-rack1642

repartee1668

snip-snap1727

persiflage1757

quippery1785

cross-talk1887

eutrapelia1956

1757 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 17 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2251 Upon these delicate occasions you must practise the ministerial shrugs and persiflage.

1781 Monthly Rev. Sept. 231 May you..bring to perfection that pretty persifflage[sic]which has gained you the esteem of all the petits-maitres in Europe.

1803 H. More Florio ii. in Wks. I. 49 None at her polish'd table sit, But who aspire to modish wit; The persiflage, th' unfeeling jeer.

1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 13 Jan. (1941) 6 There is [a] turn for persiflage, a fear of ridicule among them.

1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia II. vi. 128 All his smooth and shallow persiflage, even his shrewd satiric humour, had vanished.

1893 A. Dobson H. Walpole ix. 254 The element in which his easy persiflage delights to disport itself.

1923 Daily Mail 22 June 7 Urbane persiflage directed against ‘footlers’, bores, and busybodies.

1942 H. Footner Maryland Main & Eastern Shore xxvi. 285 The cafeteria style of serving..deprives you of the opportunity to exchange a bit of persiflage with the charming waitresses.

1996 Daily Tel. 9 Feb. 29/3 Worlock complained that such persiflage had deprived him of a cardinal's hat.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	persiflage
释义	persiflagen. Brit. /ˈpəːsᵻflɑːʒ/, /ˌpəːsᵻˈflɑːʒ/, U.S. /ˈpərsəˌflɑʒ/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French persiflage. Etymology: < French persiflage (1735) < persifler to banter lightly (although this is first attested slightly later: see persiflate v.) + -age -age suffix. Light raillery or mockery; bantering talk; a frivolous or mildly contemptuous manner of treating any subject. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > [noun] mirth1560 dicacity1592 jest1597 pleasantry1602 raillery1642 rallery1652 badinage1658 banter1660 disport1667 badinerie1712 rig1725 bantery1739 jokery1740 persiflage1757 quizzery1809 quiz1819 chaff1841 borak1845 barrackc1890 mickey-take1968 smack talk1989 bants2008 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [noun] agnomination1574 paronymy1627 adnomination1628 wit-rack1642 repartee1668 snip-snap1727 persiflage1757 quippery1785 cross-talk1887 eutrapelia1956 1757 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 17 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2251 Upon these delicate occasions you must practise the ministerial shrugs and persiflage. 1781 Monthly Rev. Sept. 231 May you..bring to perfection that pretty persifflage[sic]which has gained you the esteem of all the petits-maitres in Europe. 1803 H. More Florio ii. in Wks. I. 49 None at her polish'd table sit, But who aspire to modish wit; The persiflage, th' unfeeling jeer. 1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 13 Jan. (1941) 6 There is [a] turn for persiflage, a fear of ridicule among them. 1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia II. vi. 128 All his smooth and shallow persiflage, even his shrewd satiric humour, had vanished. 1893 A. Dobson H. Walpole ix. 254 The element in which his easy persiflage delights to disport itself. 1923 Daily Mail 22 June 7 Urbane persiflage directed against ‘footlers’, bores, and busybodies. 1942 H. Footner Maryland Main & Eastern Shore xxvi. 285 The cafeteria style of serving..deprives you of the opportunity to exchange a bit of persiflage with the charming waitresses. 1996 Daily Tel. 9 Feb. 29/3 Worlock complained that such persiflage had deprived him of a cardinal's hat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1757
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