Definitions for fribble

fribble frib·ble

Spelling: [frib-uh l]
IPA: /ˈfrɪb əl/

Fribble is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 116 anagrams from letters in fribble (bbefilr).

Definitions for fribble

noun

  1. a foolish or frivolous person; trifler.
  2. anything trifling or frivolous.
  3. frivolousness.

adjective

  1. frivolous; foolish; trifling.

verb (used with object)

  1. to waste foolishly (often followed by away):

verb (used without object)

  1. to act in a foolish or frivolous manner; trifle.

Origin of fribble

First recorded in 1620-30; perhaps alteration of frivol

Examples for fribble

And so he became a priest, a fribble, and a coxcomb, but a man of truth.

Out here a Howat Penny, just like any fribble about the Court.

The days are gone when a girl would so much as look at such a fribble as Sir Plume.

There is no room in the busy throng of ardent blackers for the idler or the fribble.

In fribble he imitated no fewer than eleven men of fashion so that every one recognised them.

He ought to have been taken about the country in order to show the world the true meaning of a fribble and a beau.

But I might say that she is in fulness a woman—not a fribble, or one of those pick-me-up-and-carry-me women.

Word Value for fribble
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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