Bauble Definition

bôbəl
baubles
noun
baubles
A small, showy ornament of little value; a trinket.
American Heritage
A showy but worthless or useless thing; trinket, trifle, etc.
Webster's New World
A mock scepter carried by a court jester.
American Heritage
A jester's baton with an ornament at the end.
Webster's New World

A cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.

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Other Word Forms of Bauble

Noun

Singular:
bauble
Plural:
baubles

Origin of Bauble

  • From Old French baubel (“trinket, child's toy”), most likely a reduplication of bel, ultimately from Latin bellus (“pretty”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English babel from Old French plaything

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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