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💍 A cheap ornament 🤡 A jester's stick
bauble

bauble

1 9.6
A decorated short stick that a jester carries to amuse people
  • noun
  • /ˈbɔːbəl/
  • Archaic
translation icon : cetro de bufón
  • Louise would say queue to see the royal baubles, and an alarm went off.

Examples

  • In his hand, the jester held a colorful bauble, symbolizing his role in the royal court.

  • The jester waved his bauble playfully, delighting the audience with his antics.

  • "An official bauble."

    Fiction book (1995)

  • A jester's bauble in his hand, the fool played the fool and did what, in his eyes, was loony.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • During the festival, the jester's bauble shone brightly as he danced around the court.

Compounds

colorful bauble
  • US
3.5

A small bright ball that you hang on a Christmas tree

Surface Forms

bauble singular
baubles plural

Etymology

Bauble was also the name for a jester's mock scepter, a decorated 'toy' stick the fool would carry to amuse people. So a jester's bauble is a playful, showy symbol of their role rather than a real staff.