persiflage

n. 挖苦；嘲弄；戏谑

中文词源

persiflage 取笑，逗乐

来自法语persifler,打趣，逗笑，来自per-,整个的，siffler,发嘶嘶声，来自拉丁语sibilare,发嘶嘶声，拟声词，词源同sibilate.

persiflage (n.): 1757, from French persiflage, from persifler "to banter" (18c.), from Latin per- "through" (see per) + French siffler "to whistle, hiss," from collateral form of Latin sibilare "to hiss," possibly of imitative origin. Said to have been introduced in English by Chesterfield.

1. sibil- => French: sifl- "hiss, whistle".2. per- "through" + sifl- "hiss, whistle" + -age => persiflage.3. 同源词：sibil- / sifl- => sizzle.

1. The persiflage is not appropriate when we are discussing such serious problems.: 当我们在讨论如此严肃的问题的时候，这种戏谑的言辞是不恰当的。