Meaning & use
Fribbles
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Wastes time on trivial matters; fidgets or trifles rather than acting seriously or purposefully.
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He fribbles away entire afternoons rearranging his desk instead of working.
She never fribbles when a real deadline is looming.
A note on using this word
From the archaic noun 'fribble,' an eighteenth-century term for a frivolous, foppish person; the word has largely fallen out of everyday use.
Words with a similar meaning
triflesdawdles
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Words with an opposite meaning
focuses
Another way to use it
2. noun
A frivolous, foppish, or overly fussy person.
The play mocked fashionable fribbles who cared more for lace than for substance.
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