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raillery

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rail⋅ler⋅y

  [rey-luh-ree]
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–noun, plural -ler⋅ies.
1. good-humored ridicule; banter.
2. a bantering remark.
Origin:
1645–55; < F raillerie, equiv. to MF raill(er) to rail 2 + -erie -ery

Synonyms:
1. jesting, joking, badinage, chaff, pleasantry.
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rail·ler·y   (rā'lə-rē)   
n.   pl. rail·ler·ies

  1. Good-natured teasing or ridicule; banter.

  2. An instance of bantering or teasing.


[French raillerie, from Old French railler, to tease; see rail3.]
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Word Origin & History

raillery 
1653, from Fr. raillerie, from M.Fr. railler "to tease" (see rail (v.)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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