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Definition of Persiflage
1. Noun. Light teasing.
Definition of Persiflage
1. n. Frivolous or bantering talk; a frivolous manner of treating any subject, whether serious or otherwise; light raillery.
Definition of Persiflage
1. Noun. Good-natured banter; raillery. ¹
2. Noun. Frivolous, lighthearted discussion of a topic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Persiflage
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Persiflage
Literary usage of Persiflage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Marion Fay: A Novel by Anthony Trollope (1882)
"In this way Mr. Greenwood and the Marchioness became bound together in their
great disapproval of Lady Frances and her love. CHAPTER XI. LADY persiflage. ..."
2. The Civil War in Song and Story: 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1889)
"... and persiflage, and — " " O, doctor I dear doctor ! ain't you most through?
I feel faint." =• "And a permanent luxation of the anterior lobe of the ..."
3. Biography: Or, Third Division of "The English Encyclopedia" edited by Charles Knight (1867)
"His articles, tales, and books have none of the levity, or persiflage, so lamentably
common in too many of his countrymen in the present day; ..."
4. Confessions of a Book Agent; Or, Twenty Years by Stage and Rail; Being the by James Howard Mortimer (1906)
"SUBTERFUGE AND persiflage. In Chicago there is a certain wholesale house that
has become wealthy through the efforts of its agents on the road, ..."
5. Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South : 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1866)
"... and persiflage, and — " Here my knees trembled sо, I leaned against the table
for support. "And a permanent luxation of the anterior lobe of the right ..."
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