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frippery - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'frippery' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Frippery [ a.]
- Trifling; contemptible.
2 . Frippery [ n.]
- Coast-off clothes.
- Hence: Secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.
- A place where old clothes are sold.
- The trade or traffic in old clothes.

Nearby Words:

friabiiity friable friar friarly friary friation fribble fribbler fribbling frible

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