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Definition of Badinage
1. Noun. Frivolous banter.
Definition of Badinage
1. n. Playful raillery; banter.
Definition of Badinage
1. Noun. Playful raillery; banter. ¹
2. Verb. To engage in badinage or playful banter. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Badinage
1. to banter [v -NAGED, -NAGING, -NAGES] - See also: banter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Badinage
Literary usage of Badinage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"It is one of the most agreeable books I ever read, abounding in Wit, fancy, and
delicate badinage ; and, what is remarkable in a poet of that age, ..."
2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1836)
"But badinage apart : we trust that the next attempt of our author will relate to
present times, and that the changes in the political or social system of ..."
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