badinage

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   playful, lighthearted teasing or witty conversation

   Their cheerful badinage ended when the discussion turned to the missing ship.

Borrowed from French badinage ("jesting, playful talk"), from badiner ("to joke") and badin ("playful, foolish"). The French family is probably related through Occitan to badar, "to gape."

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