badinage
noun/ˈbædɪnɑːʒ/
/ˌbædnˈɑːʒ/
[uncountable] (from French, literary)- friendly joking between people synonym banterWord Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from badiner ‘to joke’, from badin ‘fool’, based on Provençal badar ‘gape’.
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