Definitions for bauble
ˈbɔ bəlbauble

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. baublenoun

   a mock scepter carried by a court jester

2. bangle, bauble, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, fallal, trinketnoun

   cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. baublenoun

   A cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.

2. baublenoun

   A club or sceptre carried by a jester.

3. baublenoun

   A small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees.

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1. bauble

   A bauble is a small, showy trinket or decoration, often used to adorn Christmas trees. The term can also generally refer to an inexpensive or frivolous piece of jewelry or ornament.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Baublenoun

   a trifling piece of finery; a gewgaw; that which is gay and showy without real value; a cheap, showy plaything

2. Baublenoun

   the fool's club

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bauble

   A bauble is a gaudy and usually cheap decorative object. In American English, the term is now usually synonymous with a spherical Christmas tree decoration, while in British English it retains its more general meaning. It is probably a blend of two different words, an Old French baubel, a child's plaything, and an old English babyll, something swinging to and fro. It was applied to a stick with a weight attached, used in weighing, to a child's toy, and especially to the mock symbol of office carried by a court jester, a baton terminating in a figure of Folly with cap and bells, and sometimes having a bladder fastened to the other end. Hence it became a term for any triviality or childish folly. Although its meaning has become restricted in American English, the word has been used by both British and American writers to mean either a small object extravagantly decorated, a previously valuable object that has lost its worth, or even an abstraction such as immortality.

Matched Categories

1. • Adornment
   • Scepter

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Anagrams for bauble »

1. bubale

How to pronounce bauble?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say bauble in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bauble in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bauble in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bauble
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bauble
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bauble
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=bauble
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=bauble