Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Pretentious, showy finery.
- noun Pretentious elegance; ostentation.
- noun Something trivial or nonessential.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Trade or traffic in old clothes.
- noun A place where old clothes are sold.
- noun Old clothes; cast-off garments; clothing discarded after wearing.
- noun Hence Worthless or useless trifles; trumpery; gewgaws.
- Trifling; frivolous; contemptible; trumpery.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Trifling; contemptible.
- noun obsolete Coast-off clothes.
- noun Hence: Secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.
- noun A place where old clothes are sold.
- noun The trade or traffic in old clothes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Ostentation, as in fancy clothing.
- noun Useless things; trifles.
- noun obsolete Cast-off clothes.
- noun obsolete The trade or traffic in old clothes.
- noun obsolete The place where old clothes are sold.
- noun Hence: secondhand
finery ;cheap andtawdry decoration;affected elegance .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun something of little value or significance
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Gloves, an Ell or two of Muslin or figured Lawn, and as a little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world, Nabby would have me add, a few yard of Black or
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In San Francisco, Tim meets Jay, calls his frippery-based collection the equivalent of
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In San Francisco, Tim meets Jay, calls his frippery-based collection the equivalent of
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In San Francisco, Tim meets Jay, calls his frippery-based collection the equivalent of
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In San Francisco, Tim meets Jay, calls his frippery-based collection the equivalent of
Queer Sighted Dave White 2010
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In San Francisco, Tim meets Jay, calls his frippery-based collection the equivalent of
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In San Francisco, Tim meets Jay, calls his frippery-based collection the equivalent of
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Ignore the insanely complex and expensive parallelogram-hinged door frippery, which is strictly concept; the car does provide some design clues.
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Miss Roberts never could stand what she called 'frippery' in dress or hair style.
Summer Term At St Clare's Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1967
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Miss Roberts never could stand what she called 'frippery' in dress or hair style.
Summer Term At St Clare's Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1967
halcyonwhimsy commented on the word frippery
This can mean a lot, but I like it for describing someone or someone's manners/dress when writing.
showy; gaudy; nonessential, trivial
October 2, 2007
sionnach commented on the word frippery
I've always thought of this as a noun, and not as a legitimate adjective.
November 14, 2007
thesaraheffect commented on the word frippery
"WHEREAS For damage caused by lightning, earthquakes, floods, fire, frost or frippery of any sort, kind or condition, consequently the undersigned take responsibility."
February 24, 2009
billyvonraven commented on the word frippery
From OED:
d. fig. Empty display, esp. in speech or literary composition; showy talk; ostentation.
June 8, 2009