baubledadj.
/ˈbɔːbld/, U.S. /ˈbɔb(ə)ld/, /ˈbɑb(ə)ld/ 1. Of a fool or jester: carrying a bauble (bauble n. 7a). rare (historical in later use).
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1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. i. sig. Gv What? not a foole? Why friend, a golden asse, A babl'd foole are sole canonicall.
1887 Punch 25 June 301/2 The Jester at Victoria's Jubilee will..bear himself as differently from the scurril Satirist at yours, as from..the baubled buffoon at that of the Third Henry.
1931 Manch. Guardian 2 Sept. 11/7 It was the most pictorial assemblage..set off with baubled jester, hounds in hand, heralds... Quite a history-book come to life.
2. Decorated or adorned with baubles or ornaments (in later use often spec. with reference to ornaments on a Christmas tree). Cf. bauble n. 1.Now rare in North American use.
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1773 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 9 Feb. What man can patiently see a titled or gartered sycophant roll in splendor to St. James's..when every man knows the baubled wretch is paid out of the daily earnings of the poor labourer or mechanic.
1860 Illinois Teacher Aug. 284 America has not time nor energy to waste in building temples to baubled gods.
1931 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 15 He loves, I know, our pretty baubled trees, our busy shops, our laughter young and gay.
1960 Harper's Bazaar Oct. 114 Baubled gilt chain.
1998 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) (Nexis) 15 Feb. 18 d The 16th annual Opera Grand Ball drew a sizable contingent of baubled, bangled and beaded senoritas and their tux-clad gents.
2014 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 21 Dec. 38 He sat in front of an old stove heater in a stark office decorated only with a baubled Christmas tree.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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