adj
Meaning 1
Of little or no importance, frivolous.
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Standard Lemma guide
fribble
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noun
Meaning 2
A trifling action.
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noun
Meaning 3
A trifler.
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noun
Meaning 4
A frivolous, contemptible fellow; a fop.
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dandyling, popinjay, barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, buck, carpet knight, cockscomb, dandy, dike, dood, dude, dudelet, exquisite, fashionable, fast man, fine gentleman, fop, foretop, fribble, gallant, go, jack-a-dandy, Jemmy-Jessamy, jetter, macaroni, masher, metrosexual, mignon, petit maître, pretty boy, prig, puss-gentleman, smart, spark, spiff, swell, tippy, toff
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verb
Meaning 5
To waste or fritter.
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verb
Meaning 6
To behave in a frivolous way.
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verb
Meaning 7
To totter.
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History
Etymology
Perhaps related to frivol.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: маловажен (malovažen) — Of little or no importance
- Bulgarian: незначителен (neznačitelen) — Of little or no importance
- Macedonian: незначи́телен (neznačítelen) — Of little or no importance
- Bulgarian: лентяй (lentjaj) — frivolous, contemptible fellow
- Bulgarian: безделник (bezdelnik) — frivolous, contemptible fellow
- Macedonian: бе́зделник (bézdelnik) — frivolous, contemptible fellow
- Bulgarian: безделнича (bezdelniča) — behave in a frivolous way
- Bulgarian: лентяйствам (lentjajstvam) — behave in a frivolous way
- Macedonian: безде́лничи (bezdélniči) — behave in a frivolous way