Category:Raillery

Rail"ler*y, n. Etym: [f. raillerie, fr. railler. See rail to scoff.]

Defn: 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.