Definition of BAUBLE

bauble

Plural: baubles

Noun

  • A small, showy trinket or decoration.
  • a mock scepter carried by a court jester
  • cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
  • A cheap showy ornament or piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.
  • Anything trivial and worthless.
  • A small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees.
  • A club or sceptre carried by a jester.

Examples

  • His low-scoring play was a mere bauble compared to the gems on my rack.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English bable, babel, babull, babulle, from Old French babel, baubel (“trinket, child's toy”), most likely a reduplication of bel, ultimately from Latin bellus (“pretty”).

Synonyms

bangle, fallal, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, trinket, also: Thesaurus:trinket

Scrabble Score: 10

bauble: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
bauble: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bauble: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

bauble: valid Words With Friends Word