frippery
About 0.04 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun Ostentation, as in fancy clothing.
- noun Useless things; trifles.
- noun Cast-off clothes.
- noun The trade or traffic in old clothes.
- noun The place where old clothes are sold.
- noun Hence: secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.
Similar words
frivolity bagatelle fluff frillery frumpery gaudiness flummery tawdry tinselry filigree
Often followed by
of and that in as or to which is
Word family
fripperies
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