Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bauble"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bauble \Bau"ble\, n. [Cf. OF. baubel a child's plaything, F.
babiole, It. babbola, LL. baubellum gem, jewel, L. babulus, a
baburrus, foolish.]
1. A trifling piece of finery; a gewgaw; that which is gay
and showy without real value; a cheap, showy plaything.
The ineffective bauble of an Indian pagod.
--Sheridan.
2. The fool's club. [Obs.] ``A fool's bauble was a short
stick with a head ornamented with an ass's ears
fantastically carved upon it.'' --Nares.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bauble
n 1: a mock scepter carried by a court jester
2: cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing [syn: {bangle},
{gaud}, {gewgaw}, {novelty}, {fallal}, {trinket}]
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