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triobolar

triobolar adjective: mean; worthless.

Adjective

triobolar (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Mean; worthless.
    • It may pass current […] for a triobolar ballad.c. 1647, Jasper Mayne, Sermon against False Prophets

Synonyms of triobolar

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Forms of triobolar

alternative formtriobolary

Origin of triobolar

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

Questions about triobolar

What does triobolar mean?
Triobolar means mean; worthless.
What part of speech is triobolar?
Triobolar is an adjective.

Words near triobolar in the dictionary

  1. trio sonata
  2. trio sonatas
  3. triobjective
  4. triobol
  5. triobola
  6. triobolar
  7. triobolary
  8. triobolon
  9. triobols
  10. trioctahedral
  11. trioctanoate

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