# bauble

> English word · Noun · IPA [ˈbɔːbəɫ] · frequency rank #67,241

## Definitions
1. A cheap showy ornament or piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.
2. Anything trivial and worthless.
3. A small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees.
4. A club or sceptre carried by a jester.

## 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”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bauble