Definition of frippery in English:

frippery

nounPlural fripperies ˈfrɪp(ə)riˈfrɪp(ə)ri

mass noun

1Showy or unnecessary ornament in architecture, dress, or language.
（建筑、服装或语言中的）浮华而不必要的装饰
a strictly business building with not a hint of frippery
count noun they were swamped by the fripperies of the play
Example sentencesExamples
- There wasn't nearly as much frippery on Gideon's dress, she could inhabit that dress.
- Melvin found himself glad he had not allowed Grover to dress him up in all his formal frippery, opting instead for riding breeches and a plain lawn shirt.
- Every type of panty, bra and female frippery imaginable was hanging in the breeze.
- There's a lot to be said for keeping things simple and direct without too much frippery.
- You know, somewhere deep inside, that this pointless piece of frippery will find its way into your heart and your bathroom.
- And who among us knew that one of the tasks of a royal footman is not merely to stand about the place with a stern gaze and assorted frippery on his head?
- The trousseau had accompanied my mother on her sea journey from Scotland, a hopeless chest filled with the sort of frippery that quickly disintegrates in Africa.
- The top layers of my skirt may be pure satin frippery, but the underskirt is tight.
- As each ‘perfect’ form emerged, frill fripperies were introduced and introduced to embellish and accentuate that desired shape.
- My heart leaps with joy as I haul out my winter frippery.
- Each item of frippery has been hand-crafted and restyled with only the best of our obscure finds and the finest embellishments.
- Do not make the mistake of thinking this is mere frippery, for where there is ceremony, there is power.
- She may be a reluctant participant in the political game, but her no-nonsense attitude, her distinct lack of frippery and her lively wit have already marked her out as a woman to be reckoned with.
- Although indicative of his fondness for frippery, the quip also points to his lack of political insight.
- But peek behind the curtain, and you'll find there's a lot more going on here than just period frippery.
- ‘It isn't frippery,’ Althia retorted, raising the book in front of her face to hide her smile once more.
- I don't want to use the term basic, but there wasn't a lot of flashy frippery to get in the way of the good music.
- But, like Mozart's music, Ozick's prose flirts with frippery.
- They're made from styrofoam balls, ribbon, pins, and other frippery.
- But there in the middle of all this fanciness and frippery was this miserable, small, cold lump that, when cooked originally, had been burned.
Synonyms
ostentation, showiness, embellishment, ornamentation, ornament, adornment, decoration, trimming, garnishing, garnishment, gilding, beautification, prettification, gingerbread
finery, luxury
informal flashiness, glitz, glitziness, bells and whistles
archaic trumpery
1. 1.1count noun A tawdry or frivolous thing.
  俗丽（或琐屑）的东西
  you'll have to forgo fripperies like glossy mags
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's somewhat sobering to think that the device that Galileo helped to develop and used to make his discoveries is essentially the same design as the instrument that Rob was so quick to tire of and deride as a toy, a frippery.
  At a time when the English stage trafficked in romantic fripperies, he awakened complacent audiences to a host of social ills abetted by conventional morality, bourgeois respectability, and ossified institutions.
  Throw his arcane fripperies to the hurricane winds!
  You obviously didn't need all these little fripperies living away from home.
  So I ended up paying for the over-priced fripperies.
  He never had any time for such fripperies and actively discouraged us kids from wasting our pocket money in such a depraved manner.
  In other words, in a world emptied of inherited values, consuming what look to be overpriced fripperies may be preferable to consuming nothing.
  Phone companies tend to advertise their wares with gloss about downloadable music, cruddy cameras and other such fripperies.
  Once a year I get to make a positive contribution to human society by spending too much money on fripperies for friends.
  Synonyms
  trinket, bauble, knick-knack, gewgaw, gimcrack, bibelot, furbelow, ornament, novelty, curiosity, gimmick, trifle, bagatelle
  informal whatnot
  British informal doodah, doobry
  archaic folderol, fallalery, whim-wham, kickshaw, bijou, gaud

adjective ˈfrɪp(ə)ri

archaic

Frivolous and tawdry.
〈古〉琐屑而俗丽的

Origin

Mid 16th century (denoting old or second-hand clothes): from French friperie, from Old French freperie, from frepe 'rag', of unknown ultimate origin.

Rhymes

slippery

Definition of frippery in US English:

frippery

nounˈfrip(ə)rēˈfrɪp(ə)ri

1Showy or unnecessary ornament in architecture, dress, or language.
（建筑、服装或语言中的）浮华而不必要的装饰
a strictly business building with not a hint of frippery
count noun they were swamped by the fripperies of the play
Example sentencesExamples
- She may be a reluctant participant in the political game, but her no-nonsense attitude, her distinct lack of frippery and her lively wit have already marked her out as a woman to be reckoned with.
- There wasn't nearly as much frippery on Gideon's dress, she could inhabit that dress.
- Although indicative of his fondness for frippery, the quip also points to his lack of political insight.
- The top layers of my skirt may be pure satin frippery, but the underskirt is tight.
- But, like Mozart's music, Ozick's prose flirts with frippery.
- The trousseau had accompanied my mother on her sea journey from Scotland, a hopeless chest filled with the sort of frippery that quickly disintegrates in Africa.
- But there in the middle of all this fanciness and frippery was this miserable, small, cold lump that, when cooked originally, had been burned.
- As each ‘perfect’ form emerged, frill fripperies were introduced and introduced to embellish and accentuate that desired shape.
- And who among us knew that one of the tasks of a royal footman is not merely to stand about the place with a stern gaze and assorted frippery on his head?
- Do not make the mistake of thinking this is mere frippery, for where there is ceremony, there is power.
- There's a lot to be said for keeping things simple and direct without too much frippery.
- But peek behind the curtain, and you'll find there's a lot more going on here than just period frippery.
- ‘It isn't frippery,’ Althia retorted, raising the book in front of her face to hide her smile once more.
- Every type of panty, bra and female frippery imaginable was hanging in the breeze.
- My heart leaps with joy as I haul out my winter frippery.
- Each item of frippery has been hand-crafted and restyled with only the best of our obscure finds and the finest embellishments.
- I don't want to use the term basic, but there wasn't a lot of flashy frippery to get in the way of the good music.
- You know, somewhere deep inside, that this pointless piece of frippery will find its way into your heart and your bathroom.
- They're made from styrofoam balls, ribbon, pins, and other frippery.
- Melvin found himself glad he had not allowed Grover to dress him up in all his formal frippery, opting instead for riding breeches and a plain lawn shirt.
Synonyms
ostentation, showiness, embellishment, ornamentation, ornament, adornment, decoration, trimming, garnishing, garnishment, gilding, beautification, prettification, gingerbread
1. 1.1 A tawdry or frivolous thing.
  俗丽（或琐屑）的东西
  you'll have to forgo fripperies like glossy mags
  Example sentencesExamples
  You obviously didn't need all these little fripperies living away from home.
  He never had any time for such fripperies and actively discouraged us kids from wasting our pocket money in such a depraved manner.
  Once a year I get to make a positive contribution to human society by spending too much money on fripperies for friends.
  Throw his arcane fripperies to the hurricane winds!
  Phone companies tend to advertise their wares with gloss about downloadable music, cruddy cameras and other such fripperies.
  It's somewhat sobering to think that the device that Galileo helped to develop and used to make his discoveries is essentially the same design as the instrument that Rob was so quick to tire of and deride as a toy, a frippery.
  In other words, in a world emptied of inherited values, consuming what look to be overpriced fripperies may be preferable to consuming nothing.
  At a time when the English stage trafficked in romantic fripperies, he awakened complacent audiences to a host of social ills abetted by conventional morality, bourgeois respectability, and ossified institutions.
  So I ended up paying for the over-priced fripperies.
  Synonyms
  trinket, bauble, knick-knack, gewgaw, gimcrack, bibelot, furbelow, ornament, novelty, curiosity, gimmick, trifle, bagatelle

Origin

Mid 16th century (denoting old or secondhand clothes): from French friperie, from Old French freperie, from frepe ‘rag’, of unknown ultimate origin.

词汇	frippery
释义	Definition of frippery in English: frippery nounPlural fripperies ˈfrɪp(ə)riˈfrɪp(ə)ri mass noun 1Showy or unnecessary ornament in architecture, dress, or language. （建筑、服装或语言中的）浮华而不必要的装饰 a strictly business building with not a hint of frippery count noun they were swamped by the fripperies of the play Example sentencesExamples There wasn't nearly as much frippery on Gideon's dress, she could inhabit that dress. Melvin found himself glad he had not allowed Grover to dress him up in all his formal frippery, opting instead for riding breeches and a plain lawn shirt. Every type of panty, bra and female frippery imaginable was hanging in the breeze. There's a lot to be said for keeping things simple and direct without too much frippery. You know, somewhere deep inside, that this pointless piece of frippery will find its way into your heart and your bathroom. And who among us knew that one of the tasks of a royal footman is not merely to stand about the place with a stern gaze and assorted frippery on his head? The trousseau had accompanied my mother on her sea journey from Scotland, a hopeless chest filled with the sort of frippery that quickly disintegrates in Africa. The top layers of my skirt may be pure satin frippery, but the underskirt is tight. As each ‘perfect’ form emerged, frill fripperies were introduced and introduced to embellish and accentuate that desired shape. My heart leaps with joy as I haul out my winter frippery. Each item of frippery has been hand-crafted and restyled with only the best of our obscure finds and the finest embellishments. Do not make the mistake of thinking this is mere frippery, for where there is ceremony, there is power. She may be a reluctant participant in the political game, but her no-nonsense attitude, her distinct lack of frippery and her lively wit have already marked her out as a woman to be reckoned with. Although indicative of his fondness for frippery, the quip also points to his lack of political insight. But peek behind the curtain, and you'll find there's a lot more going on here than just period frippery. ‘It isn't frippery,’ Althia retorted, raising the book in front of her face to hide her smile once more. I don't want to use the term basic, but there wasn't a lot of flashy frippery to get in the way of the good music. But, like Mozart's music, Ozick's prose flirts with frippery. They're made from styrofoam balls, ribbon, pins, and other frippery. But there in the middle of all this fanciness and frippery was this miserable, small, cold lump that, when cooked originally, had been burned. Synonyms ostentation, showiness, embellishment, ornamentation, ornament, adornment, decoration, trimming, garnishing, garnishment, gilding, beautification, prettification, gingerbread finery, luxury informal flashiness, glitz, glitziness, bells and whistles archaic trumpery 1.1count noun A tawdry or frivolous thing. 俗丽（或琐屑）的东西 you'll have to forgo fripperies like glossy mags Example sentencesExamples It's somewhat sobering to think that the device that Galileo helped to develop and used to make his discoveries is essentially the same design as the instrument that Rob was so quick to tire of and deride as a toy, a frippery. At a time when the English stage trafficked in romantic fripperies, he awakened complacent audiences to a host of social ills abetted by conventional morality, bourgeois respectability, and ossified institutions. Throw his arcane fripperies to the hurricane winds! You obviously didn't need all these little fripperies living away from home. So I ended up paying for the over-priced fripperies. He never had any time for such fripperies and actively discouraged us kids from wasting our pocket money in such a depraved manner. In other words, in a world emptied of inherited values, consuming what look to be overpriced fripperies may be preferable to consuming nothing. Phone companies tend to advertise their wares with gloss about downloadable music, cruddy cameras and other such fripperies. Once a year I get to make a positive contribution to human society by spending too much money on fripperies for friends. Synonyms trinket, bauble, knick-knack, gewgaw, gimcrack, bibelot, furbelow, ornament, novelty, curiosity, gimmick, trifle, bagatelle informal whatnot British informal doodah, doobry archaic folderol, fallalery, whim-wham, kickshaw, bijou, gaud adjective ˈfrɪp(ə)ri archaic Frivolous and tawdry. 〈古〉琐屑而俗丽的 Origin Mid 16th century (denoting old or second-hand clothes): from French friperie, from Old French freperie, from frepe 'rag', of unknown ultimate origin. Rhymes slippery Definition of frippery in US English: frippery nounˈfrip(ə)rēˈfrɪp(ə)ri 1Showy or unnecessary ornament in architecture, dress, or language. （建筑、服装或语言中的）浮华而不必要的装饰 a strictly business building with not a hint of frippery count noun they were swamped by the fripperies of the play Example sentencesExamples She may be a reluctant participant in the political game, but her no-nonsense attitude, her distinct lack of frippery and her lively wit have already marked her out as a woman to be reckoned with. There wasn't nearly as much frippery on Gideon's dress, she could inhabit that dress. Although indicative of his fondness for frippery, the quip also points to his lack of political insight. The top layers of my skirt may be pure satin frippery, but the underskirt is tight. But, like Mozart's music, Ozick's prose flirts with frippery. The trousseau had accompanied my mother on her sea journey from Scotland, a hopeless chest filled with the sort of frippery that quickly disintegrates in Africa. But there in the middle of all this fanciness and frippery was this miserable, small, cold lump that, when cooked originally, had been burned. As each ‘perfect’ form emerged, frill fripperies were introduced and introduced to embellish and accentuate that desired shape. And who among us knew that one of the tasks of a royal footman is not merely to stand about the place with a stern gaze and assorted frippery on his head? Do not make the mistake of thinking this is mere frippery, for where there is ceremony, there is power. There's a lot to be said for keeping things simple and direct without too much frippery. But peek behind the curtain, and you'll find there's a lot more going on here than just period frippery. ‘It isn't frippery,’ Althia retorted, raising the book in front of her face to hide her smile once more. Every type of panty, bra and female frippery imaginable was hanging in the breeze. My heart leaps with joy as I haul out my winter frippery. Each item of frippery has been hand-crafted and restyled with only the best of our obscure finds and the finest embellishments. I don't want to use the term basic, but there wasn't a lot of flashy frippery to get in the way of the good music. You know, somewhere deep inside, that this pointless piece of frippery will find its way into your heart and your bathroom. They're made from styrofoam balls, ribbon, pins, and other frippery. Melvin found himself glad he had not allowed Grover to dress him up in all his formal frippery, opting instead for riding breeches and a plain lawn shirt. Synonyms ostentation, showiness, embellishment, ornamentation, ornament, adornment, decoration, trimming, garnishing, garnishment, gilding, beautification, prettification, gingerbread 1.1 A tawdry or frivolous thing. 俗丽（或琐屑）的东西 you'll have to forgo fripperies like glossy mags Example sentencesExamples You obviously didn't need all these little fripperies living away from home. He never had any time for such fripperies and actively discouraged us kids from wasting our pocket money in such a depraved manner. Once a year I get to make a positive contribution to human society by spending too much money on fripperies for friends. Throw his arcane fripperies to the hurricane winds! Phone companies tend to advertise their wares with gloss about downloadable music, cruddy cameras and other such fripperies. It's somewhat sobering to think that the device that Galileo helped to develop and used to make his discoveries is essentially the same design as the instrument that Rob was so quick to tire of and deride as a toy, a frippery. In other words, in a world emptied of inherited values, consuming what look to be overpriced fripperies may be preferable to consuming nothing. At a time when the English stage trafficked in romantic fripperies, he awakened complacent audiences to a host of social ills abetted by conventional morality, bourgeois respectability, and ossified institutions. So I ended up paying for the over-priced fripperies. Synonyms trinket, bauble, knick-knack, gewgaw, gimcrack, bibelot, furbelow, ornament, novelty, curiosity, gimmick, trifle, bagatelle Origin Mid 16th century (denoting old or secondhand clothes): from French friperie, from Old French freperie, from frepe ‘rag’, of unknown ultimate origin.
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