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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| badinage |
| SYLLABICATION: | bad·i·nage |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b d n-äzh |
| NOUN: | Light, playful banter. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | French, from badin, joker, from Provençal badar, to gape, from Latin *bat re.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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