frippery

[ frip-uh-ree ]

/ ˈfrɪp ə ri /

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noun, plural frip·per·ies.

finery in dress, especially when showy, gaudy, or the like.

empty display; ostentation.

gewgaws; trifles.

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Origin of frippery

1560–70; <French friperie,Old French freperie, equivalent to frepe rag + -erie-ery

Words nearby frippery

fringilline, fringing forest, fringing reef, Frink, Frio, frippery, frippet, Fris., Frisbee, Frisch, Frisches Haff

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How to use frippery in a sentence

With no frills and no production frippery, Knifepoint’s effectiveness derives partly from its minimalism.
One Good Thing: Knifepoint Horror, a collection of campfire ghost stories in podcast form|Aja Romano|October 29, 2021|Vox
Yes you can function without them, but this is like refusing to use a gas stove because thermostats are just modern frippery.
The 2012 Holiday Kitchen Gift Guide|Megan McArdle|December 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
That sort of affectation is if possible even more disgusting than the painfully elaborate frippery of the dandy.
Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness|Arthur Martine
In the room below, amidst the tinsel frippery of small wares, waited others whose lives had touched the life that was ebbing away.
Audrey|Mary Johnston

It was annoying to see Gothic grandeur and modern frippery so mingled as was observable in this church.
Due South or Cuba Past and Present|Maturin M. Ballou
It may be, child, for anything that I know; because I do not know what part of all this frippery thy pompon is.
Thackerayana|William Makepeace Thackeray
The millener gathered up her frippery, and put them into a band-box; telling her, she would wait on her ladyship again.
Memoirs of Miss Sidney Biddulph|Frances Sheridan

British Dictionary definitions for frippery

frippery

/ (ˈfrɪpərɪ) /

noun plural -peries

ornate or showy clothing or adornment

showiness; ostentation

unimportant considerations; trifles; trivia

Word Origin for frippery

C16: from Old French freperie, from frepe frill, rag, old garment, from Medieval Latin faluppa a straw, splinter, of obscure origin

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