frippery n : something of little value or significance [syn: bagatelle, fluff, frivolity]

English

Etymology

French friperie, from fruper. See fripper.

Pronunciation

Noun

frippery

1. Ostentation, as in fancy clothing
2. Something trivial
3. Cast-off clothes.
4. The place where old clothes are sold.
5. Hence: secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.

   Fond of gauze and French frippery. — Goldsmith.

   The gauzy frippery of a French translation. — Sir W. Scott.

6. The trade or traffic in old clothes.

Frippery (Page: 597)

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