A fantastic, foppish, or silly contrivance; a piece of finery; foppery, fuss. Obs.

An affectation, a trick. Obsolete.

Pretentious affectation; (also) an instance of this; something which exemplifies this; = coxcombry, n. 2a 2b.

A pretentious affectation; a foppish trait or characteristic. Also: something which exemplifies pretentious affectation or foppishness. Now rare.

Behaviour characterized by or associated with simpering; coy affectation or posing; an instance of this, an affectation. Obsolete.

figurative (colloquial, originally U.S.). An affectation of dress or manners, an air. Usually plural.

With allusion to Milton's use of frounce, v.: A piece of foppish display.