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.

Words nearby frippery

fringilline, fringing forest, fringing reef, frink, frio, frippery, frippet, fris., frisbee, frisch, frisches haff

Origin of frippery

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

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Example sentences from the Web for frippery

You know what a handsome young man he must be now, and full of French style and frippery.
Springhaven|R. D. Blackmore
Her life will be frittered away over dresses and frippery and fashion.
Fernley House|Laura E. Richards
What has a herd boy like thee to do with roses and frippery?
The Herd Boy and His Hermit|Charlotte M. Yonge
A heap of frippery, a handful of gems, a dish or two more on the table cannot give it.
Froth|Armando Palacio Valds

In this he distinguishes the three stages of Tattooing (including paint), Frippery, and Clothes.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866|Various

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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frippery

noun, plural frip·per·ies.

Words related to frippery

Words nearby frippery

Origin of frippery

Example sentences from the Web for frippery

British Dictionary definitions for frippery

noun plural -peries

Word Origin for frippery