bauble

Meanings

Plural: baubles

Noun

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.

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

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

Scrabble Score: 10

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

Words With Friends Score: 14

bauble is a valid Words With Friends word