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, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley