triobolar

English

Alternative forms

• triobolary

Etymology

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

Adjective

triobolar (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Mean; worthless.
   • c. 1647, Jasper Mayne, Sermon against False Prophets:

     It may pass current […] for a triobolar ballad.

References

• “triobolar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• OED