English Explanatory Dictionary

persiflate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To engage in persiflage; to banter.

Word forms

persiflate persiflates persiflating persiflated persifflate

Etymology

Borrowed from French persifler, persiffler, or formed from persiflage + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Coined by British novelist William Makepeace Thackeray in 1850 (see quotation below).

Related words

persiflage
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