BAUBLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bauble mean? 

• BAUBLE (noun)
  The noun BAUBLE has 2 senses:

1. a mock scepter carried by a court jester

2. cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing

  Familiarity information: BAUBLE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BAUBLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mock scepter carried by a court jester

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("bauble" is a kind of...):

scepter; sceptre; verge; wand (a ceremonial or emblematic staff)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bangle; bauble; fallal; gaud; gewgaw; novelty; trinket

Hypernyms ("bauble" is a kind of...):

adornment (a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness)

Holonyms ("bauble" is a member of...):

trinketry (trinkets and other ornaments of dress collectively)

 Context examples 

Then seizing the shaving glass, he went on: And this is the wretched thing that has done the mischief. It is a foul bauble of man's vanity.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

She had no temptation for such an action; as to the bauble on which the chief proof rests, if she had earnestly desired it, I should have willingly given it to her, so much do I esteem and value her.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)