English-Finnish translations for persiflage

Definition of persiflage

• Good-natured banter; raillery
• Frivolous, lighthearted discussion of a topic

Examples

• After the third strike he returned to the bench to face the inevitable persiflage from his teammates.
• Polite dinner calls for persiflage rather than in-depth possibly offensive discussion.

Related words

• persistent
• Persian
• persimmon
• persist
• persistence
• Persia
• dispersion
• aspersion
• persistently
• persipan