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bauble
The definition of a bauble is a showy ornament or decoration of little value.
(noun)An example of a bauble is the colored bell that dangles from a jester's hat.
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See bauble in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a showy but worthless or useless thing; trinket, trifle, etc.
- Archaic a jester's baton with an ornament at the end
Origin: ME babel < OFr baubel, belbel, prob. redupl. of bel < L bellus, pretty
See bauble in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A small, showy ornament of little value; a trinket.
- Archaic A mock scepter carried by a court jester.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English babel
Origin: , from Old French, plaything
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