pleasantry

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an agreeable or amusing remark

Etymology

From pleasant + -ry, probably modelled on Middle French plaisanterie.

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