brimborion

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noun

A useless or worthless object.

OriginFrench brimborion ← Middle French borbotorion, breborion, breborium, brimborion, brinborion ← Ecclesiastical Latin breviārium →
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Meanings

nounbrimborion (plural brimborions)

plural brimborions

  1. obsoleteA useless or worthless object.

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchbribe, brimbe
  2. Ecclesiastical Latinbreviārium
  3. Middle Frenchborbotorion, breborion, breborium, brimborion, brinborion
  4. Frenchbrimborion
  5. Englishbrimborion

From French brimborion, from Middle French borbotorion, breborion, breborium, brimborion, brinborion, from Ecclesiastical Latin breviārium with influence from Middle French bribe, brimbe. Doublet of breviary and brevier.

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APA

brimborion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brimborion

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“brimborion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brimborion. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brimborion,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brimborion.

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