2 entries under this word

Frippery

Frīp'per-y, n.

noun

n. [Fr. friperie, from friper. See supra. 1. Old clothes; cast dresses; clothes thrown aside after wearing; hence, second-hand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; pretentious trumpery; useless matter. Fond of gauze and French frippery as the best of them. Goldsmith. The gauzy frippery of a French translation. W. Scott.

  1. A place where old clothes are sold. Shak.
  2. The trade or traffic in old clothes.

Frĭp'per-y, a.

adjective

Trifling; contemptible. Gray.