Persiflage
[pur-suh-flahzh, pair-] /ˈpɜr səˌflɑʒ, ˈpɛər-/
noun
1.
light, bantering talk or writing.
2.
a frivolous or flippant style of treating a subject.
/ˈpɜːsɪˌflɑːʒ/
noun
1.
light frivolous conversation, style, or treatment; friendly teasing
n.
1757, from French persiflage, from persifler “to banter” (18c.), from Latin per- “through” (see per) + French siffler “to whistle, hiss,” from collateral form of Latin sibilare “to hiss,” possibly of imitative origin. Said to have been introduced in English by Chesterfield.
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