frippery

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

finery

fluff

frivolity

bagatelle

tawdry

trifle

trinkets

trumpery

glamour

ornaments

ostentation

Translations

yapmacık

wertloses Zeug

Flitter

αγορά φτηνόρουχων

επιδεικτικά ρούχα

ευθηνά

μπιχλιμπίδια

φανταχτερά κοσμήματα

colifichets

brimborions

friperie

babioles

Tand

bigiotteria

frivolezza

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɹɪpəɹi/

Etymology

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