persiflage in English

noun
1
light and slightly contemptuous mockery or banter.
Its all ephemera and persiflage , as we sit mocking in the plumes as political gadflies who tell the truth.

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1. Synonyms for Bants include banter, repartee, jesting, joking, raillery, badinage, joshing, kidding, persiflage and ribbing

2. These two words Connote at once a corporeal indwelling of the Divine, and an empty, arrogant persiflage

3. Joking, kidding (informal), ribbing (informal), teasing, jeering, quipping, mockery, derision, jesting, chaff, pleasantry, repartee, wordplay, joshing, badinage, chaffing, raillery, persiflage She heard them exchanging good-natured Banter.

4. Banter: 1 n light teasing repartee Synonyms: backchat , give-and-take , raillery Types: badinage frivolous Banter persiflage light teasing Type of: repartee adroitness and cleverness in reply v be silly or tease one another Synonyms: chaff , jolly , josh , kid Type of: bait , cod , …