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frippery
[ frip-uh-ree ]
noun
plural fripperies.
- finery in dress, especially when showy, gaudy, or the like.
- empty display; ostentation.
- gewgaws; trifles.
frippery
/ ˈڰɪəɪ /
noun
- ornate or showy clothing or adornment
- showiness; ostentation
- unimportant considerations; trifles; trivia
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of frippery1
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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No one in the film comments on any of the frippery.
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Brushing ahead all that geeky frippery, though, and what’s plainest about that scene is how unsettling it is.
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The more stylized approaches of traditional “Streetcar” revivals aren’t just frippery.
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Belafonte turned the famous into folks, mixing the frippery of the format with the gravitas of the moment.
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The sums of money being blown on fripperies are staggering.
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