EGAVE

frippery

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Ostentation, as in fancy clothing.
  2. noun Useless things; trifles.
  3. noun Cast-off clothes.
  4. noun The trade or traffic in old clothes.
  5. noun The place where old clothes are sold.
  6. 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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