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persiflage::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | backchat, banter, give-and-take, raillery |
Examples of persiflage
persiflage
Brand, with his whining estuary accent and his usual line in puerile persiflage, is a charmless embarrassment.
From the guardian.co.uk
The language is vernacular, sometimes vulgar, and even titled characters are stripped of grandeur and persiflage.
From the time.com
The tradition of these troops is preserved as a military persiflage by Cologne's most outstanding carnival society, the Rote Funken.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The theater itself has become less prominent with the coming of talkies and television, and so a less recognizable target of persiflage.
From the bloomberg.com
Not even employing the usual political camouflage and persiflage, the Governor was clearly off and running-for the fourth time and, at 65, for the last time-for the U.S. presidency.
From the time.com
- Light teasing
- This is a list of idioms that were recognizable to literate people in the late 19th century, and have become unfamiliar since.
- Good-natured banter; raillery; Frivolous, lighthearted discussion of a topic
