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[ frib-uhl ] / ˈfrɪb əl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR fribble ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used without object), frib·bled, frib·bling.to act in a foolish or frivolous manner; trifle. verb (used with object), frib·bled, frib·bling.to waste foolishly (often followed by away): He fribbled away one opportunity after another. nouna foolish or frivolous person; trifler. anything trifling or frivolous. frivolousness. adjectivefrivolous; foolish; trifling. Origin of fribbleFirst recorded in 1620–30; perhaps alteration of frivol OTHER WORDS FROM fribblefribbler, nounWords nearby fribblefriar's balsam, friar's lantern, Friar Tuck, friary, frib, fribble, Fribourg, fricandeau, fricando, fricassee, frication Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fribbleThe days are gone when a girl would so much as look at such a fribble as Sir Plume. Phantom Fortune, A Novel|M. E. Braddon But I might say that she is in fulness a woman—not a fribble, or one of those pick-me-up-and-carry-me women. War and the Weird|Forbes Phillips Out here a Howat Penny, just like any fribble about the Court. The Three Black Pennys|Joseph Hergesheimer He ought to have been taken about the country in order to show the world the true meaning of a fribble and a beau. The Lady of Lynn|Walter Besant
British Dictionary definitions for fribble
verb(tr) to fritter away; waste (intr) to act frivolously; trifle nouna wasteful or frivolous person or action Derived forms of fribblefribbler, nounWord Origin for fribbleC17: of unknown origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to fribblelevity, whimsy, gaiety, jest, sport, frippery, triviality, lightheartedness, trifling, play, giddiness, flirting, nonsense, game, lightness, volatility, folly, fun, flightiness, flippancy |