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单词 baubling
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baublingn.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bauble n., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < bauble n. (compare bauble n. 3d, although this is first attested slightly later) + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier baubling adj.
Obsolete. rare.
Unimportant, purposeless activity. Cf. bauble n. 3d.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun] > trifling activity or time-wasting
loitering1362
triflinga1382
dalliance1567
piddling1580
baubling1608
idlement1622
concessation1623
paddling1642
sauntering1680
puddling1695
dawdle1813
dawdling1819
puttering1835
pottering1844
peddling1851
tiddlywinking1869
loiter1876
frivolling1882
potter1897
muckings1898
futzing1907
piffling1914
fucking1931
monkeying1932
muck-about1968
twatting1989
1608 R. Armin Nest of Ninnies sig. B4 That musically fret their time out in idle baubling.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

baublingadj.

Forms: see bauble n. and -ing suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bauble n., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < bauble n. (compare bauble n. 3) + -ing suffix2. N.E.D. (1887) gives the pronunciation as (bǭ·bliŋ) /ˈbɔːblɪŋ/.
Obsolete.
1. Small, trifling, insignificant.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible
unworthlyc1230
wretcha1250
seely1297
vilec1320
not worth a cress (kerse)1377
the value of a rushc1380
threadbarec1412
wretched1450
miserable?a1513
rascal1519
prettya1522
not worth a whistlea1529
pegrall1535
plack1539
pelting1540
scald1542
sleeveless1551
baggage1553
paltering1553
piddling1559
twopenny1560
paltry1565
rubbish1565
baggagely1573
pelfish1577
halfpenny1579
palting1579
baubling1581
three-halfpenny1581
pitiful1582
triobolar1585
squirting1589
not worth a lousea1592
hedge1596
cheap1597
peddling1597
dribbling1600
mean1600
rascally1600
three-farthingc1600
draughty1602
dilute1605
copper1609
peltry?a1610
threepenny1613
pelsy1631
pimping1640
triobolary1644
pigwidgeon1647
dustya1649
fiddling1652
puddlinga1653
insignificant1658
piteous1667
snotty1681
scrubbed1688
dishonourable1699
scrub1711
footy1720
fouty1722
rubbishing1731
chuck-farthing1748
rubbishy1753
shabby1753
scrubby1754
poxya1758
rubbishly1777
waff-like1808
trinkety1817
meanish1831
one-eyed1843
twiddling1844
measly1847
poking1850
picayunish1852
vild1853
picayune1856
snide1859
two-cent1859
rummagy1872
faddling1883
finicking1886
slushy1889
twopence halfpenny1890
jerk1893
pissy1922
crappy1928
two-bit1932
piddly1933
chickenshit1934
pissing1937
penny packet1943
farkakte1960
pony1964
gay1978
1581 C. Thimelthorpe Short Inuentory Certayne Idle Inuentions sig. B2 By the smalest booke that can be written, by ye most babling ballet that can be made,..his strange and wonderful works in man,..shew themselues as by the greatest volume yt euer was written.
a1635 R. Sibbes Bowels Opened (1639) xvii. 394 We love a story, any trifling baubling thing concerning our ordinary callings, better then divine truth.
1731 ‘A. Scriblerus’ Gorgoneicon 101 Do not be playing with your bawbling Snuff-boxes.
1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 253 Away, ye cheating vanities of earth! Ye baubling dreams, that tantalize the vain!
2. spec. Designating a small or flimsy boat. Cf. bauble n. 3c, bauble boat.In later use probably echoing quot. a1616.
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) (Ded.) v. i. 50 A bawbling Vessell was he Captaine of. View more context for this quotation
1821 W. Scott Pirate (1822) II. i. 26 The crews of those baubling shallops.
1849 T. De Quincey Eng. Mail-coach in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 496/2 Even to tease the coasts of our enemy,..to insult them by capturing if it were but a baubling schooner [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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