frippery
Ostentation, as in fancy clothingOstentation, as in fancy clothing.
» These fripperies have no value here.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)Ostentation, as in fancy clothing.
(countable, uncountable)Useless things; trifles.
мишураmišura, безделушкиbezdeluški
(countable, uncountable)Hence: secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Cast-off clothes.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The trade or traffic in old clothes.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The place where old clothes are sold.
- something of little value or significance
Examples
2 sentencesThese fripperies have no value here.
Mary doesn't need all that frippery for a simple visit to church.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From French friperie, from Old French fripier (“to rub up and down, to wear into rags”). CFrom French friperie, from Old French fripier (“to rub up and down, to wear into rags”). Compare fripper.
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Forms
plural: fripperies| Singular | frippery |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable