Word definition: 'persiflage' • Lucid Lexicon
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Word definition: 'persiflage' • Lucid Lexicon
18th century, "light, flippant banter; an ironical or frivolous treatment of a subject"
from French persiflage
Latin per "through" + French siffler "to whistle, hiss" (collateral form of Latin sibilare "to hiss")
A pure, unadulterated word
"He was engaged in lightsome persiflage with an interested human, as gullible as the rest of them but, unbeknownst to him, he was being watched."
| ~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
| ⚜ | classic definition |
| ☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |
