Badinage (noun)
bad-in-azj
Light, playful banter or raillery.
Badinage was first recorded in English around 1650-60 and comes from French, from the verb badin(er), meaning “to joke, trifle.”
Example sentences
“The dinner party was full of playful badinage and nostalgic talks.”
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