Plural of 'badinage': multiple instances of playful, witty conversation or banter.
Standard English pluralization of the French-derived noun 'badinage' by adding '-s' or '-es.'
The fact that we borrowed a whole French word for this specific social behavior shows how much 18th-century English speakers valued continental sophistication and witty conversation as a marker of class.
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