fribblishadj.
/ˈfrɪblɪʃ/ Characteristic of or suited to a fribble; frivolous, trifling.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial > frivolous or not serious
frivolous?1563
lusorious1619
lusory1653
fribbling1654
fribblish1768
fribble1798
nidgetty1798
lightweight1809
fidfad1830
frivolling1882
footling1888
1768 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. I. 176 His library is indeed as fribblish as himself.
c1770 T. Erskine Barber in Poet. Reg. (1810) 329 No longer England owns your fribblish laws.
1803 S. 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.
1830 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 28 848 I love to be candid, fribbleish and feeble.
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adj.1768- wear to death
- wear to rags or tatters
- wear to the bone
- wear to the stumps
- wear two faces
- wear two hats
- wear willow
- wear yellow breeches
- wear yellow etc
- wear yellow hose
- wear-and tear-pigment
- wear-dated
- wear-out
- wear-proof
- wear-resistance
- wear-resistant
- wear-resisting
- wearabilities
- wearability
- wearable
- wearabler
- wearables
- wearablest
- wearand tearpigment
- weardated