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frippery

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frip⋅per⋅y

  [frip-uh-ree]
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–noun, plural -per⋅ies.
1. finery in dress, esp. when showy, gaudy, or the like.
2. empty display; ostentation.
3. gewgaws; trifles.
Origin:
1560–70; < F friperie, OF freperie, equiv. to frepe rag + -erie -ery
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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.]
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