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Antonyms for frippery

Grammar : Noun
Spell : frip-uh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfrɪp ə ri


Definition of frippery

Origin :
  • 1560s, "old clothes, cast-off garments," from Middle French friperie "old clothes, an old clothes shop," from Old French freperie, feuperie "old rags, rubbish" (13c.), from frepe, feupe "fringe; rags, old clothes," from Late Latin faluppa "chip, splinter, straw, fiber." The notion is of "things worn down, clothes rubbed to rags." The ironic meaning "finery" (but with overtones of tawdriness) dates from 1630s.
  • noun waste, nonsense
Example sentences :
  • The frippery of the island was dropped like the withes which bound Samson.
  • Extract from : « The Cobbler In The Devil's Kitchen » by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
  • Frippery which would be discarded in England is often useful in India.
  • Extract from : « The Magnificent Montez » by Horace Wyndham
  • No, but like them I have learnt to rate all this frippery at its worth!
  • Extract from : « The Pillars of the House, Vol. II (of 2) » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • She was at Coronado again, in the sunshine and frippery of her sitting room.
  • Extract from : « The Monster » by Edgar Saltus
  • This frippery has not only the girl's personality but her very spirit in it.
  • Extract from : « A Counterfeit Presentment and The Parlour Car » by William Dean Howells
  • She takes no interest in anything but the frippery side of life.
  • Extract from : « Money Magic » by Hamlin Garland
  • His dynasty and his Empire were the frippery of a past time.
  • Extract from : « The Missourian » by Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
  • A heap of frippery, a handful of gems, a dish or two more on the table cannot give it.
  • Extract from : « Froth » by Armando Palacio Valds
  • His selfishness, his vanity, his idleness, his frippery were annulled in the instant.
  • Extract from : « The Frontiersmen » by Charles Egbert Craddock
  • You'll see I've used it legitimately—none of it's gone on frippery.
  • Extract from : « Married Life » by May Edginton

Synonyms for frippery

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