fribble
[adjective]
Synonyms: giddy, dizzy, featherbrained, flighty, fribbling, frivolous, harebrained, light, light-headed, scatter-brained

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fribble noun & adjective. ['frɪb(ǝ)l] In sense A.3 also redupl. fribble-frabble [-frab(ǝ)l]. M17.
[from the verb.]
A. noun.
1. A frivolous person, a trifler, a person not engaged in serious work. M17.

2. A trifling thing; a frivolous notion or characteristic. M19.

3. Frivolity, nonsense. M19.
b. adjective. Trifling, frivolous, ridiculous. L18.

■ fribblish adjective characteristic of or suited to a fribble; frivolous, trifling: M18.

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fribble verb. ['frɪb(ǝ)l] E17.
[Symbolic.]
1. a. verb trans. & intrans. Stammer, mumble. Only in 17.
b. verb intrans. Falter; totter in walking. E18-M19.

2. verb intrans. Act aimlessly, behave frivolously, mess about. M17.
b. verb trans. Foll. by away: part with lightly and wastefully, fritter. M17.

3. verb trans. Frizzle (a wig). Scot. M18.

■ fribbler noun a trifler E18.

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