Usually means: Light, teasing banter or mockery.
Definitions Related words Mentions History Colors (New!)
We found 25 dictionaries that define the word persiflage:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. persiflage: Merriam-Webster
  2. persiflage: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. persiflage: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. persiflage: Collins English Dictionary
  5. persiflage: Vocabulary.com
  6. persiflage: Wordnik
  7. persiflage: Wiktionary
  8. persiflage: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. persiflage: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. persiflage: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Persiflage, persiflage: Dictionary.com
  12. persiflage: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Persiflage: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Persiflage: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. persiflage: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. persiflage: Rhymezone
  17. Persiflage: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. persiflage: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. persiflage: FreeDictionary.org
  20. persiflage: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. persiflage: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. Persiflage: The Word Detective
  23. persiflage: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. persiflage: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Persiflage: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See persiflages as well.)

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (persiflage)

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

Similar:
raillery, rally, badinage, bantering, chaff, bavardage, drollery, gaggery, jesting, jocularity, more...

Opposite:
seriousness, solemnity, gravity

Adjectives:
airy, mere, such, light, gay, much, witty, polite, french, idle, audacious

Colors:
    sky blue,     lavender,     mint green,     coral,     peach, more...
▸ Word origin

▸ Words similar to persiflage

▸ Usage examples for persiflage

▸ Idioms related to persiflage

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Popular adjectives describing persiflage

▸ Words that often appear near persiflage

▸ Rhymes of persiflage

▸ Invented words related to persiflage

Similar:
raillery, rally, badinage, bantering, chaff, bavardage, drollery, gaggery, jesting, jocularity, more...

Opposite:
seriousness, solemnity, gravity

Adjectives:
airy, mere, such, light, gay, much, witty, polite, french, idle, audacious

Colors:
    sky blue,     lavender,     mint green,     coral,     peach, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "persiflage" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux