frippery
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ə noun, plural frip·per·ies.
1.
finery in dress, especially when showy, gaudy, or the like.
2.
empty display; ostentation.
3.
gewgaws; trifles.
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| —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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Frippery
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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Word Origin & History
frippery
1560s, "old clothes, cast-off garments," from M.Fr. friperie "old clothes, an old clothes shop," from O.Fr. freperie, from frepe "rag," from L.L. faluppa "chip, splinter, straw, fiber." The notion is of "things worn down, clothes rubbed to rags." The ironic meaning "finery" (but with overtones of tawdriness)
dates from 1630s.
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Example sentences
Insiders say cheap and burly shearers did well in the recession, as cash-strapped customers cut back on frippery.
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