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frippery

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Synonyms & Antonyms of frippery

1 dressy clothing

dressed in their most elegant frippery for the big gala at the symphony

Synonyms for frippery

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

Words Related to frippery

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

Phrases Synonymous with frippery

best bib and tucker

Near Antonyms for frippery

tatters

disarray,
dishabille

2 something of little importance

socialites whose lives were almost entirely consumed by fripperies

Synonyms for frippery

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

Words Related to frippery

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

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The first known use of frippery was in 1568

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