Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Perhaps related to frivol.
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most fribble | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more fribble | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
bg маловажен (Of little or no importance) · bg незначителен (Of little or no importance) · mk незначи́телен (Of little or no importance)
Perhaps related to frivol.
The plot of the piece was quite a new one. A young woman was repreſented with a great number of ſuitors, ſelecting a pert fribble of a peer, in place of the hero; […]1852, William Makepeace Thackeray, “A Paper out of The Spectator”, in The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. […] , volume III, London: […] Smith, Elder, & Company, […], →OCLC, page 68:
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fribbles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
prig · toff · popinjay · Jemmy-Jessamy · foretop · carpet knight · fashionable · dandy · pretty boy · metrosexual · spiff · masher · blade · petit maître · dandyling · cockscomb · smart · fribble · fast man · popinjay · buck · dike · fine gentleman · mignon · barbermonger · spark · jetter · puss-gentleman · exquisite · go · gallant · dood · blood · beau · dudelet · macaroni · swell · tippy · jack-a-dandy · dude · fop
bg безделник (frivolous, contemptible fellow) · bg лентяй (frivolous, contemptible fellow) · mk бе́зделник (frivolous, contemptible fellow)
Perhaps related to frivol.
The parish districts--and especially their lady visitors--declared that they were neglected; the rector never got a quiet cup of tea in his own house, nor even a quiet placid moment; for the sounds of young people laughing and, as Mrs. Fretchett called it, "fribbling" upstairs would float down to him working in his study, and then he would pish and pshaw, and move his chair impatiently.1897, Stanley John Weyman, “Archdeacon Hodden's Tribulation”, in For the Cause:
We dried in the sun on a boulder as warm as a dying stove, and fribbled and monkeyed with each other, priming for later.1984, Guy Davenport, Apples and Pears:
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fribbles | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| fribbled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| fribbled | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| fribbling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
fribbledom · fribbler · fribblish · fribbleism
mk безде́лничи (behave in a frivolous way) · bg безделнича (behave in a frivolous way) · bg лентяйствам (behave in a frivolous way)