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persifler.

to mock someone by way of feigned politeness and kindness with ironic, veiled insults, or by apparently light-hearted teasing with a harsher double meaning, intended to be understood by onlookers but not the person mocked

9 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/pɛʁ.si.fle/
  1. to mock someone by way of feigned politeness and kindness with ironic, veiled insults, or by apparently light-hearted teasing with a harsher double meaning, intended to be understood by onlookers but not the person mocked

  2. to mock someone generally; to say in mockery

Where this word comes from

Formed from the intensive Latin prefix per- and the verb siffler (“to boo, to show disapproval”).

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