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Definition of the day : « persiflage »

  • noun teasing
Example sentences :
  • I asked in a tone of persiflage, as I took a step towards them.
  • Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini
  • "Come on," said Berwick, paying no attention to Jim's persiflage.
  • Extract from : « Frontier Boys in Frisco » by Wyn Roosevelt
  • She looked at him through his persiflage wistfully, searchingly.
  • Extract from : « The Coast of Chance » by Esther Chamberlain
  • Say, they made a great team, them two, when it came to exchangin' persiflage.
  • Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford
  • She was tall, beautiful, lively, gracious and learned in persiflage.
  • Extract from : « The Four Million » by O. Henry
  • No one spoke for a moment, and even von Brning had no persiflage ready.
  • Extract from : « The Riddle of the Sands » by Erskine Childers
  • Oh, but I prefer that so much to persiflage, said Adrienne, with her tranquillity.
  • Extract from : « Adrienne Toner » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • Then the tone of banter, of irony, almost of persiflage, is discouraging.
  • Extract from : « Nineteenth Century Questions » by James Freeman Clarke
  • No matter how happy you should be, I should always want you to keep that tone of persiflage.
  • Extract from : « Indian Summer » by William D. Howells
  • Florida listened to his persiflage with an air of sad distraction.
  • Extract from : « A Foregone Conclusion » by William Dean Howells