{
  "bauble":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": trinket sense 1":[
        "He affixed the bauble , with a kiss, upon her middle finger \u2026",
        "\u2014 Elinor Wylie"
      ],
      ": a scepter of a fool (see fool entry 1 sense 2a )":[
        "\u2026 the licensed jester \u2026 brandished his bauble \u2026",
        "\u2014 Sir Walter Scott"
      ],
      ": something of trifling appeal":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u022f-b\u0259l",
      "\u02c8b\u00e4-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bibelot",
      "curio",
      "curiosity",
      "doodad",
      "gaud",
      "gewgaw",
      "geegaw",
      "gimcrack",
      "kickshaw",
      "knickknack",
      "nicknack",
      "novelty",
      "ornamental",
      "tchotchke",
      "trinket"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "picked up some cheap baubles at the fair",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Red Guards took away his family\u2019s piano, damning it as a bourgeois bauble . \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 16 Nov. 2021",
      "Nobody needs a participation trophy \u2026 except for when my son was playing soccer at the age of 3 and a shiny bauble added a nice little touch to his bookcase full of board books. \u2014 Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2021",
      "The most recent bauble came from Zane\u2019s school counselor. \u2014 Kevin Fisher-paulson, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 May 2021",
      "The trend continued at Marine Serre, where a stone bauble hung from a chain. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 30 Apr. 2021",
      "One in a Million initial necklace certainly fits the bill, and right now, this elegant bauble is currently on sale at Macy's for 40% off. \u2014 Arielle Tschinkel, USA TODAY , 2 Dec. 2020",
      "Over a third of all the luxury baubles sold by the likes of Louis Vuitton and Gucci are bought by Chinese splurgers, according to Bain, a consultancy. \u2014 The Economist , 28 May 2020",
      "This light fixture was some unique version of oil rubbed bronze ugliness, with brownish, creamy, wannabe milk glass shades and a trio of un-glamorous crystal baubles delicately hanging from it. \u2014 Carisha Swanson, House Beautiful , 29 Apr. 2020",
      "That\u2019s right \u2014 in season 1, there was no Neil Lane with his suitcase of baubles . \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 27 Apr. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English babel , from Middle French":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-125927"
  },
  "baubling":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": insignificant , contemptible":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u022f-bli\u014b",
      "\u02c8b\u00e4-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bauble + -ing":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001948"
  }
}