bauble Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a mock scepter carried by a court jester
  2. noun cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
    fallal; bangle; novelty; trinket; gewgaw; gaud.

WordNet

Bau"ble noun
Etymology
Cf. OF. baubel a child's plaything, F. babiole, It. babbola, LL. baubellum gem, jewel, L. babulus,a baburrus, foolish.
Definitions
  1. A trifling piece of finery; a gewgaw; that which is gay and showy without real value; a cheap, showy plaything.
    The ineffective bauble of an Indian pagod. Sheridan.
  2. The fool's club. Obs. "A fool's bauble was a short stick with a head ornamented with an ass's ears fantastically carved upon it." Nares.

Webster 1913