a showy, usually cheap, ornament; trinket; gewgaw.
2.
a jester's scepter.
Origin
1275-1325;Middle Englishbabel, babulle < Old Frenchbabel, baubel, derivatives of an expressive base with varying vocalisms; compare Old Frenchbaubelet,bibelot
But even in these straitened times, the city-state has rolled out this latest bauble with its usual flair.
One bauble that more yacht buyers are asking for is a helicopter.
Real power for the first time in the better part of a century is no small bauble.
But that doesn't mean any old diamond bauble will do.
British Dictionary definitions for bauble
bauble
/ˈbɔːbəl/
noun
1.
a showy toy or trinket of little value; trifle
2.
a small, usually spherical ornament made of coloured or decorated material which is hung from the branches of a Christmas tree Usual US name Christmas ornament
3.
(formerly) a mock staff of office carried by a court jester
Word Origin
C14: from Old French baubel plaything, of obscure origin
Word Origin and History for bauble
n.
"showy trinket or ornament," early 14c., from Old French baubel "child's toy, trinket," probably a reduplication of bel, from Latin bellus "pretty" (see bene-). Or else related to babe, baby.