Associations to the word «Persiflage»

Wiktionary

PERSIFLAGE, noun. Good-natured banter; raillery.
PERSIFLAGE, noun. Frivolous, lighthearted discussion of a topic.

Dictionary definition

PERSIFLAGE, noun. Light teasing.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats