Rāil'ler-y, n.

(rāl'ler-ē), n. [Fr. raillerie, from railler. See RAIL, v. i.] Good-humored pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment.

Let raillery be without malice or heat. B. Jonson.

Studies employed on low objects; the very naming of them is sufficient to turn them into raillery. Addison.