BAUBLE, a word applied to a stick with a weight attached, used in weighing; to a child's toy; and especially to the mock symbol of office carried by a court jester, a baton terminating in a figure of Folly with cap and bells; hence a term for any triviality or childish folly. The word is probably a blend of two different words, an Old French baubel, a child's plaything, and an Old English babyll, something swinging to and fro.