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fribblish, a.|ˈfrɪblɪʃ|
[f. fribble n. + -ish.]
Characteristic of or suited to a fribble; frivolous, trifling.
1768Mrs. Delany Lett. Ser. ii. I. 176 His library is indeed as fribblish as himself. c1770T. Erskine Barber in Poet. Reg. (1810) 329 No longer England owns your fribblish laws. 1803S. Pegge Anecd. Eng. Lang. 153 You may perhaps be puzzled..to discover how, instead of our received preterite fought he should obtain such a maidenly and fribblish substitute as fit. 1830J. Wilson in Blackw. Mag. XXVIII. 848, I love to be candid, fribbleish and feeble. |