frippery
Senso (Inglese)
- (countable, uncountable) Ostentation, as in fancy clothing.
- (countable, uncountable) Useless things; trifles.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Cast-off clothes.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The trade or traffic in old clothes.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The place where old clothes are sold.
- (countable, uncountable) Hence: secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.
Concetti
sinonimi
Traduzioni
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈfɹɪpəɹi/
Etimologia (Inglese)
From French friperie, from Old French fripier (“to rub up and down, to wear into rags”). Compare fripper.
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