Usually means: Elegant, witty, refined language style.
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  4. Marivaudage: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. Marivaudage: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  6. marivaudage: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

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noun:  (literary) A writing style characterized by an affectation of refinement, originating from the writing of the French novelist Pierre de Marivaux.

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