fribble
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fribble
- /ˈfɹɪbəl/
Where it comes from
Perhaps related to frivol.
verb fribbles · fribbling · fribbled
- To waste or fritter.
- To behave in a frivolous way. The parish districts--and especially their lady visitors--declared that they were neglected; the rector never got a quiet cup of tea in his own house, nor even a quiet placid moment; for the sounds of young people laughing and, as Mrs. Fretchett called it, "fribbling" upstairs would float down to hi
- To totter.
adjective more fribble · most fribble
- Of little or no importance, frivolous.
noun fribbles
- A trifling action.
- A trifler.
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A frivolous, contemptible fellow; a fop.
The plot of the piece was quite a new one. A young woman was repreſented with a great number of ſuitors, ſelecting a pert fribble of a peer, in place of the hero; […]
Similar: dandyling, popinjay, barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, buck, carpet knight, cockscomb, dandy, dike, dood
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