frippery
[ frip-uh-ree ]
/ ˈfrɪp ə ri /
noun, plural frip·per·ies.
finery in dress, especially when showy, gaudy, or the like.
empty display; ostentation.
gewgaws; trifles.
RELATED WORDS
toy, frill, ornament, trinket, ostentation, decoration, pretentiousness, adornment, knickknack, bauble, showiness, gaudiness, tawdriness, meretriciousness, fussiness, fanciness, fandangle
Nearby words
- fringilline,
- fringing forest,
- fringing reef,
- frink,
- frio,
- frippet,
- fris.,
- frisbee,
- frisch,
- frisch, karl von
Origin of frippery
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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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frippery
1560s, "old clothes, cast-off garments," from Middle French friperie "old clothes, an old clothes shop," from Old French freperie, feuperie "old rags, rubbish" (13c.), from frepe, feupe "fringe; rags, old clothes," from Late Latin faluppa "chip, splinter, straw, fiber." The notion is of "things worn down, clothes rubbed to rags." The ironic meaning "finery" (but with overtones of tawdriness) dates from 1630s.
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