Associations to the word «Badinage»

Wiktionary

BADINAGE, noun. Playful raillery; banter.
BADINAGE, verb. To engage in badinage or playful banter.

Dictionary definition

BADINAGE, noun. Frivolous banter.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats