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Webster 1913 Edition

(răl′lẽr-y̆ or rāl′-; 277)

Noun.

[F.

raillerie

, fr.

railler

. See

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.

, n.

Banter; jesting language; good humored pleasantry or slight satire; satirical merriment.

Let raillery be without malice or heat.

- Studies employed on low objects; the very naming of them is sufficient to turn them into raillery.