Definitions for frippery
ˈfrɪp ə rifrip·pe·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bagatelle, fluff, frippery, frivolitynoun

   something of little value or significance

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fripperynoun

   Ostentation, as in fancy clothing.

2. fripperynoun

   Useless things; trifles.

   1892 Frederick Law Olmsted, "Report by F.L.O.", April 1892. Quoted in 2003, Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America, Random House, ISBN 0609608444, page 170:

3. fripperynoun

   Cast-off clothes.

4. fripperynoun

   The trade or traffic in old clothes.

5. fripperynoun

   The place where old clothes are sold.

6. fripperynoun

   Hence: secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.

7. Etymology: From friperie. From Old French fripier. Compare fripper.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fripperynoun

   Etymology: fripperie, French; fripperia, Italian.

   1. The place where old cloaths are sold.

   Oh, oh, monster, we know what belongs to a frippery. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

   Lurana is a frippery of bankrupts, who fly thither from Druina to play their after-game. James Howell, Vocal Forrest.

   2. Old cloaths; cast dresses; tattered rags.

   Poor poet ape, that would be thought our chief,
   Whose works are e’en the frippery of wit;
   From brocage is become so bold a thief,
   As we, the robb’d, leave rage, and pity it. Ben Jonson.

   The fighting-place now seamens rage supply, And all the tackling is a frippery. John Donne.

   Ragfair is a place near the Tower of London, where old cloaths and frippery are sold. Alexander Pope, Dunciad. Notes to.

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1. frippery

   Frippery can have two main definitions: 1. Extravagant, showy, or unnecessary ornamentation in clothing, decoration, or behavior; something that is considered ostentatious or superficial. 2. A market or shop that sells old clothes or secondhand items, particularly in reference to used clothing shops in 17th-century London.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fripperynoun

   coast-off clothes

2. Fripperynoun

   hence: Secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance

3. Fripperynoun

   a place where old clothes are sold

4. Fripperynoun

   the trade or traffic in old clothes

5. Fripperyadjective

   trifling; contemptible

6. Etymology: [F. friperie, fr. fruper. See Fripper.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Frippery

   frip′ėr-i, n. worn-out clothes: the place where old clothes are sold: useless trifles.—adj. useless: trifling.—n. Fripp′er, one who deals in old clothes. [O. Fr. freperie, frepe, a rag.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of frippery in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

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   The numerical value of frippery in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=frippery
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Frippery
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=frippery
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frippery
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=frippery