ˌbad ə nˈäzh, -ȧzh, ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, from badiner to joke (from Middle French, from badin joker, fool, from Old Provençal, from badar to gape, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin batare ) + Middle French -age
: light and playful repartee or wit : banter
will read the deepest and eternal truths into your most topical badinage — Stella Campbell
risen from the level of badinage to that of real grandiloquence — Frederic Prokosch