frippery

noun

frip·pery ˈfri-p(ə-)rē How to pronounce frippery (audio)

plural fripperies

obsolete

: cast-off clothes

archaic : a place where old clothes are sold

: finery

also : an elegant or showy garment

: something showy, frivolous, or nonessential

: ostentation

especially : something foolish or affectedly elegant

Example Sentences

The design is simple and devoid of needless frippery. dressed in their most elegant frippery for the big gala at the symphony

Recent Examples on the Web How can the Zelenskys indulge in such frippery when there’s a war on?

Melik Kaylan, WSJ, 1 Aug. 2022 Back in 1990, the CRX Si didn't have airbags, let alone touchscreens or digital frippery.

Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 13 June 2022 My Lightning is the ideal Lightning, bereft of frippery but fitted with the most powerful motors, an homage to its tail-happy namesake.

Car and Driver, 11 May 2022 All the frippery and pressures of their lives were left behind in Palermo.

Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2022 Yet in the end, amid all the fun and frippery, the one garment that most lingered was perhaps the least elaborate, least formal of all: the T-shirt worn by Billie Eilish for her performance.

New York Times, 4 Apr. 2022 Fans repaid her with a fierce devotion, showing up to her readings in their finest vampiric frippery.

Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2021 In the last act, Wagner removes all the frippery, with just three characters and their own personal stories.

Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2021 Robin’s deep knowledge of Portland history—displaying his sense of tradition underneath the frippery—gradually but ineluctably leads to the movie’s meatball scene, the one that delivers its dose of populist demagogy in a single bite.

Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 17 July 2021 See More

单词	frippery
释义	frippery noun frip·pery ˈfri-p(ə-)rē plural fripperies 1 obsolete a : cast-off clothes b archaic : a place where old clothes are sold 2 a : finery also : an elegant or showy garment b : something showy, frivolous, or nonessential c : ostentation especially : something foolish or affectedly elegant Synonyms array best bravery caparison feather finery full dress gaiety gayety glad rags regalia See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences The design is simple and devoid of needless frippery. dressed in their most elegant frippery for the big gala at the symphony Recent Examples on the Web How can the Zelenskys indulge in such frippery when there’s a war on? Melik Kaylan, WSJ, 1 Aug. 2022 Back in 1990, the CRX Si didn't have airbags, let alone touchscreens or digital frippery. Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 13 June 2022 My Lightning is the ideal Lightning, bereft of frippery but fitted with the most powerful motors, an homage to its tail-happy namesake. Car and Driver, 11 May 2022 All the frippery and pressures of their lives were left behind in Palermo. Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2022 Yet in the end, amid all the fun and frippery, the one garment that most lingered was perhaps the least elaborate, least formal of all: the T-shirt worn by Billie Eilish for her performance. New York Times, 4 Apr. 2022 Fans repaid her with a fierce devotion, showing up to her readings in their finest vampiric frippery. Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2021 In the last act, Wagner removes all the frippery, with just three characters and their own personal stories. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2021 Robin’s deep knowledge of Portland history—displaying his sense of tradition underneath the frippery—gradually but ineluctably leads to the movie’s meatball scene, the one that delivers its dose of populist demagogy in a single bite. Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 17 July 2021 See More Word History Etymology Middle French friperie, alteration of Old French freperie, from frepe old garment First Known Use 1568, in the meaning defined at sense 1a frippery noun 1 as in finery dressy clothing dressed in their most elegant frippery for the big gala at the symphony Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance finery attire costume regalia gayety best bravery gaiety apparel caparison feather full dress rags toggery glad rags raiment best bib and tucker wear array duds vesture rigging threads togs rig vestiary habiliment(s) Antonyms & Near Antonyms tatters disarray dishabille 2 as in nothing something of little importance socialites whose lives were almost entirely consumed by fripperies Synonyms & Similar Words nothing triviality trifle bagatelle picayune small change small beer nonproblem nonsense naught piffle shuck(s) zero claptrap nothingness smoke pittance straw hogwash trivia humbug humbuggery folly peanuts drivel nought child's play speck fudge two bits bit trash scintilla rot soupçon shred bunk smidgen crumb touch song smidgin pinhead smidgeon dram particle ounce tad fribble mite smidge lick dab spot trace
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