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brimborion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
brim-bo-ri-on
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A useless or worthless object.

Obsolete

Etymology

From French brimborion, from Middle French borbotorion, breborion, breborium, brimborion, brinborion, from Ecclesiastical Latin breviārium with influence from Middle French bribe, brimbe. Doublet of breviary and brevier.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: brimborion, borbotorion,breborion,breborium,brimborion,brinborion, breviārium, bribe,brimbe

Usage

Inflected Forms

brimborions (plural)

Questions

What does brimborion mean?
A useless or worthless object.
Where does brimborion come from?
It is traced to French.

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