frippery

frippery

noun

Definition of FRIPPERY

1

dressy clothing <dressed in their most elegant frippery for the big gala at the symphony>

Synonyms array, best, bravery, caparison, feather, frippery, full dress, gaiety (also gayety), glad rags, regalia

Related Words apparel, attire, costume, duds, habiliment(s), rags, raiment, rig, rigging, threads, toggery, togs, vestiary, vesture, wear

Near Antonyms tatters; disarray, dishabille

2

something of little importance <socialites whose lives were almost entirely consumed by fripperies>

Synonyms bagatelle, child's play, frippery, nonproblem, nothing, picayune, shuck(s), small beer, small change, triviality

Related Words naught (also nought), nothingness, smoke, zero; peanuts, pittance, song, straw, two bits; bunk, claptrap, drivel, folly, fribble, fudge, hogwash, humbug, humbuggery, nonsense, piffle, rot, trash, trivia; bit, crumb, dab, dram, lick, mite, ounce, particle, pinhead, scintilla, shred, smidgen (also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), soupçon, speck, spot, tad, touch, trace