English Explanatory Dictionary

brimborion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A useless or worthless object.

Word forms

brimborion brimborions

Etymology

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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