English Explanatory Dictionary

frou-frou

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rustling sound, particularly the rustling of a large silk dress.
adj
  1. Liable to create the sound of rustling cloth, similar to 19th-century dresses.
  2. Highly ornamented, overly elaborate; excessively girly.
  3. Unimportant, silly, useless.
verb
  1. To move with the sound of rustling dresses.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɹuːfɹuː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frou-frou.wav

Word forms

frou-frou frou-frous froufrou froo-froo fru-fru froofroo frufru more frou-frou most frou-frou frou-frouing frou-froued

Etymology

Borrowed from French frou-frou, an onomatopoeia.

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