bauble

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A cheap, showy ornament or piece of jewellery of little value.

   The market stall was full of glittering baubles that cost almost nothing.

2. 2
   noun

   A small shiny ball used to decorate a Christmas tree.

   We hung red and gold baubles on every branch of the tree.

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”).

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