It's Mariam Webster's Word of the Day for July 16th. Today's word is B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-L-O-L-O-T-E-L-O-E-L-E-L-E- Bebelow is a noun. A bebelow is a small household ornament or decorative object.

Here's the word used in a sentence from the Brattleboro Reformer.

One by one, the beads and bobbles and charms and beaelows have been cleaned and polished and now they are being placed on shelves, in jars and containers, in bins, and in a bathtub

in Bidnick's new store on Main Street. The English language, it would seem, can't get enough

of synonyms for the word trinket, including Gougaw, Jimcrack, and Nickknack, just as lovers of

Chotchkes can't get enough of such ornamental trifles.

Lady Charlotte Guest, born in 1812 and died in 1895, was just such a lover of Bobbles and Brickabrack.

Not only was guest an accomplished linguist, educator, publisher, and philanthropist, she also amassed collections of

everything from porcelain to playing cards, which she ultimately donated to museums.

We also have guests to thank for the first known use in English of the French word for trinket,

Bibelot, which she recorded in a journal entry in 1873 while in Paris with these words.

After three walked up to Lady Hope Tones to amuse her with some of our little Bibilos.

With your word of the day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.

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