Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RAIL-LER-Y, n. [usually pronounced ral'lery; Fr. raillerie.]

Banter; jesting language; good humored pleasantry or slight attire; 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.