Part of speech: Noun
a mock scepter carried by a court jester
Categories: Scepter, Sceptre, Verge, Wand
Novelty, Trinket, Fallal, Gewgaw, Gaud
The word "bauble" comes from Latin bellus. It started in Old French babel. Then it appeared in Middle English bable.
Words that pass through many languages often accumulate layers of meaning from each culture.