frippery
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈfrɪpəri/
- Archaic
- He dismissed the jewelry as nothing more than frippery, preferring more practical items instead.
- such frippery
Examples
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After breakfast, they would go shopping for clothes and those fripperies that women loved so.
Blog text (8) -
What he ain't spending on that, his daughters are spending on frippery.
Fiction book (1994) -
I mind it every week when you ask for some new frippery.
Fiction book (1994) -
"All this frippery will cost a fortune.
Fiction book (1994) -
Though the blue became her, someone had pinned a bit of lace frippery to her neck.
Fiction book (1993) -
Back in the house, she took her clothes off and piled the fripperies on the ground.
Fiction book (1995) -
When my girl starts talking of new gowns, more frippery, discourage her.
Fiction book (1994) -
Well, I got some elegant frippery, finery and haberdashery.
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She may be rather fond of over-decorating a church with fripperies... flowers, scraps of lace, and so forth... but that's merely a girlish fancy.
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I came to accept everything else about her—her shallowness, her voracious hunger for every frippery, her selfish ways—but I could not forgive the way she badgered him for money.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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5.4
A small decorative detail added mainly for appearance rather than function
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6.8
Showy decoration that looks attractive but has little real value
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7.7
A very bright and fancy style that attracts attention in dress or manner
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6.6
A quality of looking cheap and in bad taste
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8.7
A cheap, flashy look that seems low quality
1
9.9
A showy decoration that is not needed and looks too fancy
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6.5
A style that is very bright or richly decorated to attract attention
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9.9
A loud, unnecessary fuss about something unimportant
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9.9
Cheap objects that look nice but have little value
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7.2
A lot of extra decoration that looks showy
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9.1
A way of behaving that shows off wealth or style to impress others
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9.9
Small decorative things that have little value
Worthless showy things meant to impress people
Something that looks bright and attractive but has no real value
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word frippery comes from the French friperie, which meant a 'rag shop' where people sold old clothes and small trinkets. Because these shops sold fancy but low-value items, frippery came to mean showy, unnecessary decoration.