Definition of frippery Frippery
frip•per•y
We found 14 definitions of frippery from 5 different sources.
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What does frippery mean?
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- frippery (Noun)
Ostentation, as in fancy clothing. - frippery (Noun)
Useless things; trifles. - frippery (Noun)
Cast-off clothes. - frippery (Noun)
The trade or traffic in old clothes. - frippery (Noun)
The place where old clothes are sold. - frippery (Noun)
Hence: secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- frippery (n.)
Coast-off clothes. - frippery (n.)
Hence: Secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance. - frippery (n.)
A place where old clothes are sold. - frippery (n.)
The trade or traffic in old clothes. - frippery (a.)
Trifling; contemptible.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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frippery
frip′ėr-i, n. worn-out clothes: the place where old clothes are sold: useless trifles.—adj. useless: trifling.—n. Fripp′er, one who deals in old clothes. [O. Fr. freperie, frepe, a rag.]
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🔤- frippery, noun, singular of fripperies.
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