raillery

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   formal: good-humored teasing, banter, or lightly mocking talk

   The friends exchanged a running raillery about their disastrous first meeting.

Borrowed from French raillerie ('mockery, jesting'), from railler ('to tease or mock'). In English it commonly denotes light or friendly ridicule rather than a hostile attack, though the tone depends on context.

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