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111Francesco Berni — Francesco Berni † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Francesco Berni An Italian comic poet, b. at Lamporecchio (Florence) 1497 or 1498; d. at Florence, 26 May, 1535. The son of noble but impoverished parents, he spent his early years in the… …
112Pre-1773 History of the Jesuits — Society of Jesus, History of the (Before 1773) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► History of the Jesuits Before the 1773 Suppression Italy The history of the Jesuits in Italy was generally very peaceful. The only serious disturbances were… …
113badinage — noun Playful raillery; banter. , No, this was more a night of bellowed barbed badinage, boisterous BS, outrageous declamations and defiant roars. mdash;The Times (London), October 31, 2005 …
114brusque — adjective /bruːsk/ Rudely abrupt, unfriendly. He was brusque, authoritative, given to contradiction, rough though never dirty in his personal belongings, and inclined to indulge in a sort of quiet raillery. See Also: brusquely, brusqueness …
115ridicule — I noun buffoonery, burlesque, caricature, chaff, contempt, derision, derisiveness, disdain, disparagement, disrespect, game, gibe, jeer, lampoonery, ludicrous representation, mimicry, mockery, pasquinade, raillery, ridiculum, sarcasm, satire,… …
116Leibniz: truth, knowledge and metaphysics — Nicholas Jolley Leibniz is in important respects the exception among the great philosophers of the seventeenth century. The major thinkers of the period characteristically proclaim the need to reject the philosophical tradition; in their… …
117badinage — Synonyms and related words: backchat, banter, chaff, chaffing, exchange, fooling, fooling around, give and take, good natured banter, harmless teasing, jape, jest, jive, joke, josh, joshing, kidding, kidding around, persiflage, pleasantry,… …
118banter — Synonyms and related words: backchat, badinage, beard, blandish, blarney, booing, brave, buffoonery, cajole, catcalling, chaff, chaffing, challenge, chitchat, clownishness, con, dare, defy, deride, derision, exchange, face, fleering, flippancy,… …
119chaff — Synonyms and related words: afterglow, afterimage, air, aluminum foil, badinage, balance, banter, bark, barrack, bones, bran, bric a brac, bubble, butt, butt end, candle ends, capsule, case, cattle, chicken feed, chickenshit, chip, cobweb, cork,… …
120derision — Synonyms and related words: burlesque, butt, caricature, contempt, contumely, disrespect, jest, joke, lampoon, laughter, mock, mockery, pasquinade, pilgarlic, raillery, ridicule, sarcasm, satire, scoffing, scorn, sport, travesty …
