Triobolar

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Mean; worthless. not-comparable, obsolete

    "It may pass current […] for a triobolar ballad."

Example

More examples

"It may pass current […] for a triobolar ballad."

Etymology

From Late Latin triobolaris, from Latin triobolus (“a coin worth three oboli”), from Ancient Greek τρῐώβολον (trĭṓbolon). Literally, "having the value of three oboli".

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