badinage

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bad·i·nage / ˌbadnˈäzh/ • n. humorous or witty conversation: cultured badinage about art and life. ORIGIN: mid 17th cent.: from French, frombadiner ‘to joke,’ from badin‘fool,’ based on Provençal badar‘gape.’

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badinage

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badinage, badinerie (Fr.). Playfulness. Used as title of movement in 18th-cent. suite, e.g. Badinerie of J. S. Bach's Suite in B minor.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE

badinage

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badinage banter. XVII. — F., f. badin joker, buffoon.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD

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