Trinketing
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A trinket; a bauble. obsolete
"Methinks yon baubles are more fitting meed Than this same goddess here, so great in awe. Gladly, we trow, ye'd give a larger price Than these poor trinketings, to keep your Freia And have her in your halls. So let it be."
- 2 The courting of favour. obsolete
"Some talk confidently of fresh trinketings with the King, and that Ashburnham is come to London on purpose."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of trinket form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Methinks yon baubles are more fitting meed Than this same goddess here, so great in awe. Gladly, we trow, ye'd give a larger price Than these poor trinketings, to keep your Freia And have her in your halls. So let it be."
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