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bauble

/ˈbɔːb(ə)l

noun

1A small, showy trinket or decoration: clutch bags embellished with glittering baubles

1.1British A light, brightly coloured glass ball or other decoration hung on a Christmas tree: once stripped of their tinsel and baubles, most Christmas trees end up in landfill...

Children decorated the tree with lights, baubles, tinsel, snow and pretend gifts yesterday.
Shoppers yesterday spoke of their shock at the wanton act of vandalism as they walked past the flattened £1, 500 tree with its brightly coloured baubles strewn across the paving.
Overnight, someone had set up the tree, decorated it with lights, tinsel and baubles.

Synonyms

trinket, knick-knack, ornament, toy, novelty, curiosity, gimmick, plaything, trifle, frippery, gewgaw, gimcrack, bagatelle, bibelot, furbelow

informal whatnot

British informal doodah, doobry

North American informal tchotchke, tsatske

archaic folderol, whim-wham, kickshaw, bijou, gaud

1.2Something that is superficially attractive but useless or worthless: people in quest of honours are wasting time and effort to secure baubles...

He doesn't attach much importance to that bauble named clarity.
Robinson ‘has fallen far further than most, all for a bauble, a trinket, a ring, ‘said Fratkin.
Too long has your attention been waylaid by the bright baubles of extremist thought.

2 historical A baton formerly used as an emblem by jesters.The scepter was basically a longer, thinner omni-weapon, excepting for the huge metal sphere on the base of the tube, giving it the appearance of a jester's bauble....

The court fool or jester of medieval and Renaissance Europe carried around a baublea stick capped with a soft-sculpture replica of himself.
And of course, I didn't really think about it raining when I painted up by bauble (jester's stick) the other day.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French baubel 'child's toy', of unknown origin.

单词	bauble
释义	bauble /ˈbɔːb(ə)l / noun 1A small, showy trinket or decoration: clutch bags embellished with glittering baubles 1.1British A light, brightly coloured glass ball or other decoration hung on a Christmas tree: once stripped of their tinsel and baubles, most Christmas trees end up in landfill... Children decorated the tree with lights, baubles, tinsel, snow and pretend gifts yesterday. Shoppers yesterday spoke of their shock at the wanton act of vandalism as they walked past the flattened £1, 500 tree with its brightly coloured baubles strewn across the paving. Overnight, someone had set up the tree, decorated it with lights, tinsel and baubles. Synonyms trinket, knick-knack, ornament, toy, novelty, curiosity, gimmick, plaything, trifle, frippery, gewgaw, gimcrack, bagatelle, bibelot, furbelow informal whatnot British informal doodah, doobry North American informal tchotchke, tsatske archaic folderol, whim-wham, kickshaw, bijou, gaud 1.2Something that is superficially attractive but useless or worthless: people in quest of honours are wasting time and effort to secure baubles... He doesn't attach much importance to that bauble named clarity. Robinson ‘has fallen far further than most, all for a bauble, a trinket, a ring, ‘said Fratkin. Too long has your attention been waylaid by the bright baubles of extremist thought. 2 historical A baton formerly used as an emblem by jesters.The scepter was basically a longer, thinner omni-weapon, excepting for the huge metal sphere on the base of the tube, giving it the appearance of a jester's bauble.... The court fool or jester of medieval and Renaissance Europe carried around a baublea stick capped with a soft-sculpture replica of himself. And of course, I didn't really think about it raining when I painted up by bauble (jester's stick) the other day. Origin Middle English: from Old French baubel 'child's toy', of unknown origin. Rhymes corbel, warble
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