English-Thai Dictionary

raillery

N การ หยอกเย้า (คำ ทางการ  teasing kan-yok-yao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RAILLERY

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.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

raillery

rail ler y |ˈrālərē ˈreɪləri | ▶noun good-humored teasing. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from French raillerie, from railler ‘to rail ’ (see rail 2 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

raillery

raillery |ˈreɪləri | ▶noun [ mass noun ] good-humoured teasing. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from French raillerie, from railler ‘to rail ’ (see rail 2 ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

raillery

raillery noun affectionate raillery: teasing, mockery, chaff, ragging; banter, badinage; informal leg-pulling, joshing, ribbing, kidding.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

raillery

raillery noun the affectionate raillery from her fellow workers: teasing, good-humoured mockery, chaff, banter, ragging, badinage, japing; informal leg-pulling, ribbing, joshing, kidding, kidology; N. Amer. informal josh; rare persiflage.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

raillery

rail ler y /réɪl (ə )ri /名詞 複 -ies U C ｟かたく ｠(悪意のない )からかい (の言葉 ), ひやかし .