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Webster 1913 Edition

Fribble

Frib′ble

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
frivole
, L.
frivolus
, or E.
frippery
.]
Frivolous; trifling; silly.

Frib′ble

,
Noun.
A frivolous, contemptible fellow; a fop.
A pert
fribble
of a peer.
Thackeray.

Frib′ble

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To act in a trifling or foolish manner; to act frivolously.
The fools that are
fribbling
round about you.
Thackeray.
2.
To totter.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Fribble

FRIB'BLE

,
Adj.
[L. frivolus.] Frivolous; trifling; silly.

FRIB'BLE

,
Noun.
A frivolous, trifling, contemptible fellow.

FRIB'BLE

,
Verb.
I.
To trifle; also, to totter.

Definition 2024

fribble

fribble

English

Verb

fribble ‎(third-person singular simple present fribbles, present participle fribbling, simple past and past participle fribbled)

  1. To waste or fritter.
  2. To behave in a frivolous way.
    • 1984, Guy Davenport, Apples and Pears:
      We dried in the sun on a boulder as warm as a dying stove, and fribbled and monkeyed with each other, priming for later.
  3. To totter.

Translations

Adjective

fribble ‎(comparative more fribble, superlative most fribble)

  1. Of no or little importance, frivolous.

Translations

Noun

fribble ‎(plural fribbles)

  1. A trifling action.
  2. A trifler.
  3. A frivolous, contemptible fellow; a fop.
    • Thackeray
      A pert fribble of a peer.

Translations

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