Meaning & use
Persiflage
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Light, teasing banter or mockery, especially in conversation or writing, that treats a subject frivolously.
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Beneath the persiflage of the dinner party lay a serious disagreement about money.
The critic dismissed the review as mere persiflage rather than substantive analysis.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from French; often used to describe witty conversation that avoids serious engagement with a topic.
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