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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French badine.
Pronunciation
Noun
badine (plural badines)
- A short, decorated switch or rod, carried by the fashionable in the 18th and 19th centuries.
1798, The Gentleman's Magazine (London, England) - Volume 83, page 4:A badine, or switch, dangles in the hand of the beau, whose bare head is dressed with enormous curls, and a fore-top.
1817, Montagu Pennington, Letters from Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, to Mrs. Montagu, Between the years 1755 and 1800:Amidst all those shocking scenes the Due d'Orleans walked along the streets of Versailles, playing with a badine, smiling at the mob, and, in one instance, directed them with his hand which way to turn.
1883, Sarah Tytler, Marie Antoinette: The Woman and the Queen, page 167:She had indeed issued from the palace in a plain gown and gipsy hat, carrying a badine, or slight stick, such as ladies then used.
2007, Lee Haring, Stars and Keys: Folktales and Creolization in the Indian Ocean, →ISBN:So one of the three, Badine, he said he had a badine with him that would wake all dead things. Even living things it would make die and then bring back with that badine.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
badine
- feminine singular of badin
Noun
badine f (plural badines)
- switch (stick)
- a small bendy walking stick, walking cane
- tong (to use in a fireplace)
Verb
badine
- inflection of badiner:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French badiner.
Verb
badine
- to joke
- to trick, wind up
References
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français