Frippery Definition
frĭpə-rē
fripperies
noun
fripperies
Cheap, gaudy clothes; tawdry finery.
Webster's New World
Showy display in dress, manners, speech, etc.; affectation of elegance.
Webster's New World
Something trivial or nonessential.
American Heritage
Useless things; trifles.
1892 Frederick Law Olmsted, "Report by F.L.O.", April 1892. Quoted in 2003, Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America, Random House, ISBN 0609608444, page 170.
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fripperiesOrigin of Frippery
French friperie from Old French freperie old clothes from felpe, frepe from Medieval Latin faluppa worthless material of unknown origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French friperie. From Old French fripier (“to rub up and down, to wear into rags”). Compare fripper.
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