PERSIFLAGE


Meaning of PERSIFLAGE in English

/ ˈpɜːsɪflɑːʒ; NAmE ˈpɜːrs-/ noun

[ U ] ( formal ) comments and jokes in which people laugh at each other in a fairly unkind but not serious way

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 18th cent.: from French persifler to banter, based on siffler to whistle.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.