Badinage (noun)
ba-din-ahj
Humorous or witty conversation.
Mid 17th century: from French, from badiner ‘to joke’, from badin ‘fool’, based on Provençal badar ‘gape’.
Example sentences
“There’s only so much badinage I can take before we have to get down to the issues..”
Favonian (adj) fav-oh-nee-un Of or relating to the west wind./ Mild or favorable; propitious. 1650–60; Latin Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. foehn (more…)
