ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PERSIFLAGE
Via French, from persifler to tease, from per- (intensive) + siffler to whistle, from Latin sībilāre to whistle.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERSIFLAGE»
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84 Style over content even in a death scene. We can distinguish between
badinage and persiflage as two degrees of banter, like sadomasochistic
complements, with persiflage as fey and lateral and softer banter, badinage
being more biting ...
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A Dictionary of Literary Devices: Gradus, A-Z
Persiflage an intentional permutation by means of which he raises his
granddaughter to the peerage by permuting the syllables of ecureuil (squirrel)
and noisette (hazel nut). Similarly, Raymond Queneau permutes groups of letters
of ...
Bernard Marie Dupriez, Albert W. Halsall, 1991
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Literary Fortifications: Rousseau, Laclos, Sade
His understanding of the exchange between corheau and renard is undoubtedly
colored by his relationship to the phenomenon of persiflage. In the Confessions,
Rousseau describes one of his first projects in the French literary community, ...
4
Beethoven's Diabelli Variations
The matter of parody in Op. 120 has been treated by Lars Ulrich Abraham in a
provocative article, 'Trivialitat und Persiflage in Beethovens DiabelliVariationen'.1
Abraham points out the banality of Diabelli's theme, and its fitness for caricature.
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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of ...
1757, was the first to use this word in English: "Upon these delicate occasions
you must practice the ministerial shrugs and persiflage." Hannah More in 1779
presented the feminine attitude toward "the cold compound of irony, irreligion, ...
Joseph Twadell Shipley, 2009
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Learning from Lying: Paradoxes of the Literary Mystification
The incongruous picture, as well as Voltaire's emphasis on the verbs mystifier
and persifler, disparages not only the practice of "mystification" or persiflage, but
also the usage of these words. Just as Racine, Boileau, Bossuet, and La
Fontaine ...
Julia Luisa Abramson, 2005
5. exploration of modes of expression Badinage is a half-teasing, non-malicious,
frivolous banter, intended to amuse rather than wound. Badinage has a close
synonym, persiflage (PUR'-sa-flahzh'), which is a little more derisive, a trifle more
...
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
Badinage is applied to banter that is playful and delicate, persiflage to banter that
is derisive but not cutting, and raillery to banter that is keen and often sarcastic in
its ridicule <love . . . permits itself even gentle mocking and friendly badinage— ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
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Faux Pas?: A No-Nonsense Guide to Words and Phrases from ...
PERSIFLAGE. per-siff-lahj (French) 'mockery', 'flip talk': The pipe-smoking, the
persiflage, the laughter, the steps on to and up the English literary ladder [...]:
terrible, terrible scenes, and with variants that will always be with us. (Guardian) ...
Bloomsbury Publishing, 2009
Austin Wilkie, N.Y.C. In Greenish Pillage there did dwell a poet name of
Persiflage Who'd decompose his odes to sell, 'tho cold and dampen his menage.
Young Percy's marmalade her hand upon his fevered poet's dome While on the
fire ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERSIFLAGE»
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An Unfinished Library
According to the Marx biographer Francis Wheen, it's “a nonsensical torrent of whimsy and persiflage.” The collection includes several works, ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
Dove Cottage Day Hospice to host a Summer barbecue event
... to be a warm sociable evening set in the gardens of the hospice. There will also be entertainment provided by Saxophone Quartet Persiflage. «Melton Times, Jul 15»
The Outcast, BBC One / Marvel's Agent Carter, Fox
This involved lots of badinage, sabotage, persiflage and décolletage, and in among the trilby-tilting villains and Peggy's kick-ass antics were ... «The Arts Desk, Jul 15»
Opinion: The lost art of intercourse, or how to woo your way into bed
After a few exchanges of flirty persiflage, I suggested a time and place to meet, thinking I had done enough to win her over. But Giugi started ... «Courier Mail, Jun 15»
Of course 'twerk' belongs in the Oxford English Dictionary
The new words are a good occasion to remember old ones, too. Persiflage, or ptyalagogue, or any of those other gems that only emerge once a ... «Reading Eagle, Jun 15»
When a work of art is left out in the rain
A woman accompanying Wellington essayed to distract from the insult with diplomatic persiflage; the Iron Duke was having none of it. “Madam ... «Financial Times, Jun 15»
2015/16 Liverpool fixtures: Baptism of fire for Brendan Rodgers
At first what seemed like a bit of persiflage from the automated fixture generating machine, it is actually good for Liverpool to play Stoke away ... «Soccerlens, Jun 15»
Ott Strikes Back: City Manager responds to blogger accusations
(If you're eager to be further confused, you can attempt to parse Oakey's persiflage here.) Confusion is one thing; defamation is quite another. «Austin Chronicle, Jun 15»
Entourage cast interview: The TV show-turned-movie is a reflection …
Connolly, Dillon and Ferrara inhabit the propulsive persiflage of the show, while Grenier is the calm at the centre of the storm. The manner in ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
Travis Moen, Brenden Morrow More Similar Than You Think
So with a minimum of persiflage, here are my humble suggestions for Moen if he hopes to avoid too many free press box snacks during the ... «Defending Big D, Jun 15»
