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Persiflage

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A French term for a light, quizzing mockery, or scoffing, specially on serious subjects, out of a cool, callous contempt for them.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Persiflage'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/persiflage.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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