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Definition of Badinage

Badinage
Badinage Ba`di`nage", n. [F., fr. badiner to joke, OF. to trifle, be silly, fr. badin silly.] Playful raillery; banter. ``He . . . indulged himself only in an elegant badinage.' --Warburton.

Meaning of Badinage from wikipedia

- Look up badinage in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Badinage may refer to: Banter Wit or repartee Humorous or witty conversation Badinerie or scherzo...
- connect with the audience, with Front Row Center writing that her "alluring badinage is as delightful as her song." Stephen Mosher for BroadwayWorld said that...
- praise for the film by highlighting "some lazy repetition" and argued, "the badinage is often perfunctory and Bond is as usual captured too easily and too easily...
- nymphs' laughter (line 9 and implied in line 10) sets a tone of playful badinage. Jenny Strauss Clay points out that the contest is not completely independent...
- then enjo**** a renaissance after the jokes became a regular part of the badinage on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. An example of a non-standard knock-knock...
- as a moderately clever grab bag of high-concept noodling and half-witty badinage before descending into the primordial ooze of explosions and elaborate...
- libs frequently went over his head. It was an enchanting show ... and the badinage was warm and delightful ... a fun night, and to take out of context a line...
- authority for Augustan law. A good-humoured man - Cicero wrote of sending him "badinage in your own style" - Trebatius was featured by Horace as a learned adviser...
- plain-as-the-nose-on-your-face piece of wisdom that after all the preceding badinage may seem more profound than it really is. Hollywood couldn't come up with...
- their arrival that Churchill's life was not in danger. Typical of the badinage between Churchill and his private secretary was the exchange when, immediately...