mathom

Meaning

Noun

• A trinket or piece of bric-a-brac; a knick-knack, often used in regifting.

Origin

• , from Proto-Germanic *maiþmaz; introduced by J. R. R. Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings, where it was used by Hobbits as a generic name for items which they were unwilling to throw away, but which they had no use for.