Raillery

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(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:27:21

Rail"ler*y [F. raillerie, fr. railler. See Rail to scoff.]

Pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment.

Let raillery be without malice or heat. B. Jonson.

Studies employed on low objects; the very naming of them is sufficient to turn them into raillery. Addison.

 

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