bauble
English
Etymology
From Old French baubel (“trinket, child's toy”), most likely a reduplication of bel, ultimately from Latin bellus (“pretty”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): [ˈbɔːbəɫ]
- (Scots) IPA(key): [ˈbɒbəɫ]
- Rhymes: -ɔːbəl
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɔbəl/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈbɑbəl/
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Noun
bauble (plural baubles)
- A cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.
- Mary W. Shelley, Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, Chapter 8
- as to the bauble on which the chief proof rests, if she had earnestly desired it, I should have willingly given it to her, so much do I esteem and value her.
- Mary W. Shelley, Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, Chapter 8
- A club or sceptre carried by a jester.
- A small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees.
Synonyms
- (showy ornament): See also: Thesaurus:trinket
Translations
cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery
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club or sceptre carried by a jester
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small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees
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