I am persuaded, if all gay badinage were prefaced by an explanation, it would be infinitely better received.
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Badinage
//ˌbɑd.ɪˈnɑʒ//
Synonyms for "badinage" (28 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (8)
Related words (14)
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Translations
14 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- закачки noun (playful raillery; banter)
- закачам се verb (engage in badinage)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 打趣 noun (playful raillery; banter)
Czech
1 entries- škádlení noun (playful raillery; banter)
French
1 entries- badiner verb (engage in badinage)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- henek noun (playful raillery; banter)
- henekqerf noun (playful raillery; banter)
- henektinaz noun (playful raillery; banter)
Russian
3 entries- подшу́чивание noun (playful raillery; banter)
- подтру́нивать verb (engage in badinage)
- подшу́чивать verb (engage in badinage)
Swedish
3 entries- munhuggande noun (playful raillery; banter)
- raljeri noun (playful raillery; banter)
- munhuggas verb (engage in badinage)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Your badinage so airy, / Your manner arbitrary, / Are out of place / When face to face / With an influential Fairy.
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"[…] God knows that if you were only safely married to Jacob I would not care how much you saw of Henri; but as you are not, I think these badinages are very ill-timed and take your mind off the principal business."
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[…] take the word 'barnshoot'—a corruption of the Hindustani word bahinchut. A vile and unforgivable insult in India, this word is a piece of gentle badinage in England.
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