Frippery
noun
Something flashy or showy but with little real value.
She filled her home with cheap fripperies that caught her eye in the department stores.
Often appears as...
- cheap fripperies
- showy fripperies
noun
Excessive elegance or refinement considered as wasteful or frivolous.
His open disdain for frippery could be seen in his simple, minimalist home design.
Often appears as...
- disdain for frippery
- avoid frippery
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
noun
A company or store selling cheap, flashy clothes.
She loved to shop at a local frippery filled with a variety of vintage clothing.
Often appears as...
- shop at frippery
- local frippery
noun
Something flashy or showy but with little real value.
She filled her home with cheap fripperies that caught her eye in the department stores.
Often appears as...
- cheap fripperies
- showy fripperies
noun
Excessive elegance or refinement considered as wasteful or frivolous.
His open disdain for frippery could be seen in his simple, minimalist home design.
Often appears as...
- disdain for frippery
- avoid frippery
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
noun
A company or store selling cheap, flashy clothes.
She loved to shop at a local frippery filled with a variety of vintage clothing.
Often appears as...
- shop at frippery
- local frippery
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Mislead
Indicates something might dazzle the eyes but lacks substance or practical value.
Expensive gadgets are often mere fripperies that offer more style than function.
Pro Tip 2/3Easily Tempted
Be aware of purchases made on a whim, often driven by the appearance, not usefulness.
Tourists sometimes buy fripperies, allured by their novelty, only to discard them later.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Tone
Often used to criticize or express disapproval of something considered unnecessary.
The critic dismissed the film's elaborate costumes as mere frippery.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Mislead
Indicates something might dazzle the eyes but lacks substance or practical value.
Expensive gadgets are often mere fripperies that offer more style than function.
Pro Tip 2/3Easily Tempted
Be aware of purchases made on a whim, often driven by the appearance, not usefulness.
Tourists sometimes buy fripperies, allured by their novelty, only to discard them later.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Tone
Often used to criticize or express disapproval of something considered unnecessary.
The critic dismissed the film's elaborate costumes as mere frippery.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Mislead
Indicates something might dazzle the eyes but lacks substance or practical value.
Expensive gadgets are often mere fripperies that offer more style than function.
Pro Tip 2/3Easily Tempted
Be aware of purchases made on a whim, often driven by the appearance, not usefulness.
Tourists sometimes buy fripperies, allured by their novelty, only to discard them later.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Tone
Often used to criticize or express disapproval of something considered unnecessary.
The critic dismissed the film's elaborate costumes as mere frippery.
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Quote examples
Abigail Adams
American First Lady
A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
Quote examples
Iris Apfel
American Businesswoman
Clothes are not frippery. Properly done, they can be an art form.
Quote examples
Abigail Adams
American First Lady
A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
Quote examples
Iris Apfel
American Businesswoman
Clothes are not frippery. Properly done, they can be an art form.
Example 1 of 2
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