bauble

see definition of bauble

nountrinket

Synonyms for bauble

noun trinket

curio

noun. knickknack

decoration

noun. particular type of embellishment

decorations

noun. particular type of embellishment

frippery

noun. waste, nonsense

gem

noun. precious stone; treasure

Word Origin & History

"showy trinket or ornament," early 14c., from Old French baubel "child's toy, trinket," probably a reduplication of bel, from Latin bellus "pretty" (see bene-). Or else related to babe, baby.

Example Sentences for bauble

Her black eyes gleamed with triumph at the sight of the bauble.

It was thus I now toyed there with my fate in my hands, as might a child have toyed with a bauble.

He let it lie on the table before him and gazed at the bauble in a strong distaste.

So you had better produce the other bauble you stole at the same time.

Actually, he knew he could get an easy twenty-five balata for the bauble in Karth.

It is a bauble meant to gratify her: why make it a fetter, be it ever so light a one?

I keep a box in my pocket merely as a bauble—it was a present.

She threw the bauble on the floor; it lay there crushed and shapeless.

The gilding all stripped from the bauble which till then had made her happy.

But it was only a pinchbeck thing, an imitation, a bauble, an empty show.