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Definition of Fribble
1. a. Frivolous; trifling; silly.
2. n. A frivolous, contemptible fellow; a fop.
3. v. i. To act in a trifling or foolish manner; to act frivolously.
Definition of Fribble
1. Verb. To waste or fritter. ¹
2. Verb. To behave in a frivolous way. ¹
3. Verb. To totter. ¹
4. Adjective. of no or little importance, frivolous. ¹
5. Noun. A trifling action. ¹
6. Noun. A trifler. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fribble
1. to act foolishly [v -BLED, -BLING, -BLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fribble
Literary usage of Fribble
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Selections from the British Poets: In Two Volumes (1843)
"CHARACTER OF A CRITICAL fribble. WITH that low cunning which in fools supplies,
And amply, too, the place of being wise, Which Nature, kind, ..."
2. The Spiritual Body: An Essay in Prose and Verse by John Charles Earle (1876)
"AND here perhaps some fribble will object, ' You preacher of a Moslem paradise,
... I answer, ' fribble, were I to explain How high Mount Zion above Mecca ..."
3. The British Drama: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies (1859)
"Indeed, Mr. fribble, I think all our sex have great reason to be angry; for if
you are so happy now you are bachelors, the ladies may wish and sigh to very ..."
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