badinage

[ bad-n-ahzh, bad-n-ij ]

/ ˌbæd nˈɑʒ, ˈbæd n ɪdʒ /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR badinage ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

light, playful banter or raillery.

verb (used with object), bad·i·naged, bad·i·nag·ing.

to banter with or tease (someone) playfully.

Origin of badinage

1650–60; <French, equivalent to badin(er) to joke, trifle (verbal derivative of badin joker, banterer <Old Provençal: fool; bad(ar) to gape (<Vulgar Latin batāre;cf. bay²) + -in<Latin -īnus-ine¹) + -age-age

Words nearby badinage

Badger State, Bad Godesberg, bad hair day, Bad Homburg, badigeon, badinage, badinerie, badlands, Badlands National Park, bad luck, badly

Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for badinage

For another hour he kept patient, dawdling in Turner's place and giving as good as he got in the way of badinage.
The Sheriff of Badger|George B. Pattullo
His vein had been badinage of the serious and reproving kind, and the girl had been bored to distraction.
The Half-Hearted|John Buchan
It carries me back to my days at the play, I swear, to hear him and Lady Berenicia clashing rapiers in badinage.
In the Valley|Harold Frederic
While this badinage went on Trent gazed at the woman with idle curiosity.
Anthony Trent, Master Criminal|Wyndham Martyn

And Honey, who always responded in kind to any badinage, received this in silence.
Angel Island|Inez Haynes Gillmore

British Dictionary definitions for badinage

badinage

/ (ˈbædɪˌnɑːʒ) /

noun

playful or frivolous repartee or banter

Word Origin for badinage

C17: from French, from badiner to jest, banter, from Old Provençal badar to gape

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	badinage
释义	badinage [ bad-n-ahzh, bad-n-ij ] / ˌbæd nˈɑʒ, ˈbæd n ɪdʒ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR badinage ON THESAURUS.COM noun light, playful banter or raillery. verb (used with object), bad·i·naged, bad·i·nag·ing. to banter with or tease (someone) playfully. Origin of badinage 1650–60; <French, equivalent to badin(er) to joke, trifle (verbal derivative of badin joker, banterer <Old Provençal: fool; bad(ar) to gape (<Vulgar Latin batāre;cf. bay²) + -in<Latin -īnus-ine¹) + -age-age Words nearby badinage Badger State, Bad Godesberg, bad hair day, Bad Homburg, badigeon, badinage, badinerie, badlands, Badlands National Park, bad luck, badly Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for badinage For another hour he kept patient, dawdling in Turner's place and giving as good as he got in the way of badinage. The Sheriff of Badger\|George B. Pattullo His vein had been badinage of the serious and reproving kind, and the girl had been bored to distraction. The Half-Hearted\|John Buchan It carries me back to my days at the play, I swear, to hear him and Lady Berenicia clashing rapiers in badinage. In the Valley\|Harold Frederic While this badinage went on Trent gazed at the woman with idle curiosity. Anthony Trent, Master Criminal\|Wyndham Martyn And Honey, who always responded in kind to any badinage, received this in silence. Angel Island\|Inez Haynes Gillmore British Dictionary definitions for badinage badinage / (ˈbædɪˌnɑːʒ) / noun playful or frivolous repartee or banter Word Origin for badinage C17: from French, from badiner to jest, banter, from Old Provençal badar to gape Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to badinage fool, repartee, banter, teasing, ribbing, raillery, persiflage, joking, joshing, kidding
随便看	musquash root muss mussel mussel crab musselcracker musset musset's sign mussitate mussitation mussolini mussolini, benito mussorgsky mussulman mussy must mustache mustache cup mustachio mustachioed mustafa kemal mustagh mustang mustanger mustard mustard and cress

badinage

noun

verb (used with object), bad·i·naged, bad·i·nag·ing.

Origin of badinage

Words nearby badinage

Example sentences from the Web for badinage

British Dictionary definitions for badinage

noun

Word Origin for badinage

Words related to badinage