triobolar en · ADJ
Etymology
From Late Latin triobolaris, from Latin triobolus (“a coin worth three oboli”), from Ancient Greek τρῐώβολον (trĭṓbolon). Literally, "having the value of three oboli".
Meanings
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(not-comparable, obsolete) Mean; worthless.
It may pass current […] for a triobolar ballad.
c. 1647, Jasper Mayne, Sermon against False Prophets:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| triobolary | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
not worth a plug nickel · strawlike · scabbed · shit · not worth salt · blown · naughty · lousy · no good / no-good · worth nothing · good-for-naught · tripy · suckworthy · invaluable · vain · punk · junky · not worth a cent · shand · shitstained · draffish · not worth a Continental · good-for-nothing · garbagey · pissass · tenth-rate · rubbishy · cullionly · for the birds · crapalicious · not worth a cress · not worth a curse · not worth a nickel · ineffectual · valueless · shitey · two-bit · nought · shitty-ass · floccinaucinihilipilificatious · goodless · duffing · cruddy · bastardly · putid · fucking · cacky · draffy · wutless · unvaluable · rubbishly · chaffy · toshy · unappreciated · two-bit · drecky · of no value · not worth hell room · cocking · triobolar · no-account · screwy · jabberwocky · scummy · trinkety · worthless · mouldy · not worth a damn · not worth a farthing · not worth a whistle · mucid · sixpenny · nonvaluable · not worth a brass farthing · sorry-ass · not worth a dime · cruddy · dreckish · not worth a penny