frilly

[ fril-ee ]

/ ˈfrɪl i /

covered with or marked by frills: Some of the more elaborate dress shirts have frilly fronts.

frivolous; inconsequential: After a day of intense concentration and serious business, they feel like doing something frilly and amusing.

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First recorded in 1835–45; frill + -y¹

frill·i·ness, nounun·frill·y, adjective

New Orleanians loved the frilly, pale lavender flowers and gradually planted them as decorations around the city in garden ponds.
Lake Bacon: The Story of The Man Who Wanted Us to Eat Mississippi Hippos|Jon Mooallem|August 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Next out was Madeline, a one-and-a-half year old Sphinx in a frilly pink ballerina outfit.
Kitty CATure Fashion Show, An Amazing Dog and Cat Fashion Show, Happened In New York This Weekend|Lori-Lee Emshey|September 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Flourishes of ruffles spread out from beneath the hemline, like a frilly skirt.
A Fashion Spectacle at Comme des Garçons|Liza Foreman|September 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
What could have been a frilly flop was given weight by DiCaprio and Mulligan, and Maguire, too.
‘The Great Gatsby’ Debate: Is Baz Luhrmann’s Film Genius or Rubbish?|Marlow Stern, Isabel Wilkinson|May 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST

But instead of frilly unmentionables under the tissue paper, there were pages and pages of printed-out signatures and comments.
How an Online Campaign May Get Victoria’s Secret Into ‘Survivor Bras’|Nina Strochlic|February 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And Brenton, too tired to be really weary, never once left his chair beside the frilly crib.
The Brentons|Anna Chapin Ray
Anthea hastily took off Jane's frilly lace collar and handed it to the woman who seemed most friendly.
The Story of the Amulet|E. Nesbit
Not the kind you have on note-paper, but a frilly thing on his head.
Robin's Rambles|May Byron
The two frilly night-dresses, the other chemise, the other petticoat, the extra stockings?
The Cinder Pond|Carroll Watson Rankin
“Office notions are not so nice as the frilly, cry-on-a-shoulder-when-the-biscuits-burn notions,” she would end, dolefully.
The Gorgeous Girl|Nalbro Bartley