railleries
railleries is the plural of raillery.
Meaning of raillery
Noun
raillery (countable and uncountable, plural railleries)
- Good-natured banter, jest, or ridicule.
- Flip [Lady Flippant]. I love, of my life men ſhould deal freely vvith me; there are ſo fevv men vvill deal freely with one— / Sir Sim[on Addlepot]. Are you not a Fireſhip? a Punk, Madam? / Flip. VVell, Sir, I love Raillery. / Sir Sim. Faith and troth I do not railly, I deal freely.1671 March (first performance), [William] Wycherley, Love in a Wood, or, St James’s Park. A Comedy, […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for H[enry] Herringman, […], published 1672, →OCLC, Act II, page 22
Questions about railleries
- What is railleries the plural of?
- Railleries is the plural of raillery.
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