frippery

frip·per·y  (frp-r)

n. pl. frip·per·ies

1. Pretentious, showy finery.

2. Pretentious elegance; ostentation.

3. Something trivial or nonessential.

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[French friperie, from Old French freperie, old clothes, from felpe, frepe, from Medieval Latin faluppa, worthless material.]

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frippery [ˈfrɪpərɪ]

n pl -peries

1. ornate or showy clothing or adornment

2. showiness; ostentation

3. unimportant considerations; trifles; trivia

[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 tawdry finery, 1681; old clothes—Johnson, 1755.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

frippery - something of little value or significance bagatelle, fluff, frivolity small beer, trivia, triviality, trifle - something of small importance

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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

Translations

frippery [ˈfrɪpərɪ] N (esp Brit) → perifollos mpl, perejiles mpl

frippery

n (pej: = cheap ornament) → Flitter m, → Kinkerlitzchen pl (inf); (= trivialities) → belanglose Kleinigkeiten pl

frippery [ˈfrɪpərɪ] n (pej) fripperies → cianfrusaglie fpl