Definition of FRIPPERY

frippery

Plural: fripperies

Noun

  • Showy, inexpensive, or unnecessary ornamentation.
  • something of little value or significance
  • Ostentation, as in fancy clothing.
  • Useless things; trifles.
  • Cast-off clothes.
  • The trade or traffic in old clothes.
  • The place where old clothes are sold.
  • Hence: secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.

Examples

  • Some players add frippery to their plays, using fancy words when simpler ones suffice.

Origin / Etymology

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

Scrabble Score: 18

frippery: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
frippery: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
frippery: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

frippery: valid Words With Friends Word