English Explanatory Dictionary

frippery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Ostentation, as in fancy clothing.
  2. Useless things; trifles.
  3. Cast-off clothes.
  4. The trade or traffic in old clothes.
  5. The place where old clothes are sold.
  6. Hence: secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɹɪpəɹi/ en-us-frippery.ogg

Word forms

frippery fripperies

Etymology

From French friperie, from Old French fripier (“to rub up and down, to wear into rags”). Compare fripper.

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