Meaning of FRIBBLE
 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Frib"ble\, n.
A frivolous, contemptible fellow; a fop.
A pert fribble of a peer. --Thackeray.
\Frib"ble\, v. i.
1. To act in a trifling or foolish manner; to act
frivolously.
The fools that are fribbling round about you.
--Thackeray.
2. To totter. [Obs.]
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