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De - Pt| English Dictionary: raillery | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for raillery | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Raillery \Rail"ler*y\ (r[acr]l"l[etil]r*[ycr] or r[amac]l"-; 277), n. [F. raillerie, fr. railler. See {Rail} to scoff.] Pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment. Let raillery be without malice or heat. --B. Jonson. Studies employed on low objects; the very naming of them is sufficient to turn them into raillery. --Addison. | |
