frippery

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

  1. (countable, uncountable) Ostentation, as in fancy clothing.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Useless things; trifles.
  3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Cast-off clothes.
  4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The trade or traffic in old clothes.
  5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The place where old clothes are sold.
  6. (countable, uncountable) Hence: secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.

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Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/ˈfɹɪpəɹi/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From French friperie, from Old French fripier (“to rub up and down, to wear into rags”). Compare fripper.

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