frippery

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(frip′ər ē)

noun pl. fripperies

  1. cheap, gaudy clothes; tawdry finery
  2. showy display in dress, manners, speech, etc.; affectation of elegance

Origin: orig., castoff clothes < Fr friperie < OFr freperie < frepe, a rag < ? ML faluppa, a shaving, straw

See frippery in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. frip·per·ies
  1. Pretentious, showy finery.
  2. Pretentious elegance; ostentation.
  3. Something trivial or nonessential.

Origin:

Origin: French friperie

Origin: , from Old French freperie, old clothes

Origin: , from felpe, frepe

Origin: , from Medieval Latin faluppa, worthless material

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