BAUBLES

Noun

baubles

plural of bauble

Anagrams

• basbleu, bubales, busable

Source: Wiktionary


BAUBLE

Bau"ble, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. baubel a child's plaything, F. babiole, It. babbola, LL. baubellum gem, jewel, L. babulus,a baburrus, foolish.]

1. A trifling piece of finery; a gewgaw; that which is gay and showy without real value; a cheap, showy plaything. The ineffective bauble of an Indian pagod. Sheridan.

2. The fool's club. [Obs.] "A fool's bauble was a short stick with a head ornamented with an ass's ears fantastically carved upon it." Nares.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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