| 释义 |
frip·pery
I. \ˈfrip(ə)rē, -ri\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle French friperie rags, old clothes, from Old French freperie, from frepe, ferpe, feupe rag, old garment (from Medieval Latin faluppa piece of straw, splinter) + -erie -ery
1. obsolete
a. : castoff clothes
b. : a place where old clothes are sold
2.
a. : a piece of finery : finery; especially : a showy nonessential article of dress that may be cheap and tawdry, excessively detailed and ornamented, or elegant and rich
< the fripperies of her elegant bonnet trembling — Arnold Bennett >
b. : affected elegance : ostentation
II. adjective
: trifling, contemptible |