raillery
\RAY-luh-ree\ , noun:1. Good-humored banter or teasing.
2. An instance of good-humored teasing; a jest.
Example:
Her raillery and mockery are fun -- but ultimately rather tiring, and tiresome.
Her raillery and mockery are fun -- but ultimately rather tiring, and tiresome.
Origin:
Raillery is from French raillerie, from Old French railler, "to tease, to mock."
