RAILLERY


Meaning of RAILLERY in English

/ ˈreɪləri; NAmE / noun

[ U ] ( formal ) friendly joking about a person

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 17th cent.: from French raillerie , from railler to rail, from Provençal ralhar to jest, based on an alteration of Latin rugire to bellow.

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