fribble
/ˈfɹɪbəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To totter.
adj
Of little or no importance, frivolous.
noun
A trifler.
noun
A frivolous, contemptible fellow; a fop.
Example Sentences
- "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 him working in his study, and then he would pish and pshaw, and move his chair impatiently."
- "We dried in the sun on a boulder as warm as a dying stove, and fribbled and monkeyed with each other, priming for later."
- "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; […]"
Etymology
Inflected Forms
fribbles (present, singular)
fribbling (participle, present)
fribbled (participle, past)
fribbled (past)
more fribble (comparative)
most fribble (superlative)
fribbles (plural)