frippery
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frip·per·y
(frĭp′ə-rē)n. pl. frip·per·ies
1. Pretentious, showy finery.
2. Pretentious elegance; ostentation.
3. Something trivial or nonessential.
[French friperie, from Old French freperie, old clothes, from felpe, frepe, from Medieval Latin faluppa, worthless material, of unknown origin.]
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frippery
(ˈfrɪpərɪ)n, pl -peries
1. ornate or showy clothing or adornment
2. showiness; ostentation
3. unimportant considerations; trifles; trivia
[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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frip•per•y
(ˈfrɪp ə ri)n., pl. -per•ies.
1. finery in dress, esp. when showy or gaudy.
2. empty display; ostentation.
3. gewgaws; trifles.
[1560–70; < French friperie, Old French freperie]
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Frippery
tawdry finery, 1681; old clothes—Johnson, 1755.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Noun | 1. | frippery - something of little value or significance |
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frippery
noun
1. frills, nonsense, finery, ostentation, pretentiousness, fussiness, glad rags (informal), tawdriness, flashiness, foppery, gaudiness, showiness, meretriciousness, fanciness, frilliness He despised such frippery.
2. decoration, toy, ornament, trinket, bauble, adornment, gewgaw, knick-knack, fandangle a sombre display, with no frills or fripperies
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frippery
noun2. Something or things that are unimportant:
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frippery
n (pej: = cheap ornament) → Flitter m, → Kinkerlitzchen pl (inf); (= trivialities) → belanglose Kleinigkeiten pl
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