A shiny piece of jewelry or ornament that is attractive but not valuable, often used to describe Christmas tree decorations.
From Old French 'baubel,' possibly imitative in origin or from a child's word. The term came to specifically mean Christmas ornaments in the 19th century.
Christmas baubles got their name from the Old French word for trinket, and the word's sound itself (ba-bu-bul) mimics jingling ornaments—language copying the thing it describes!
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