FRIPPERIES

Meaning of FRIPPERIES in English

[plural] [noun]Fripperies are things which are unnecessary.The council is indulging in fripperies by building a swimming pool rather than using the money to help the city's poor.

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

FRIPPERY — I. ˈfrip(ə)rē, -ri noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle French friperie rags, old clothes, from Old French freperie, from frepe, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FANCY — I. ˈfan(t)sē, -aan-, -ain-, -si noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English fantsy, contraction of fantasie fantasy, fancy, from Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GAUDERY — ˈgȯdərē, ˈgäd-, -ri noun ( -es ) Etymology: gaud (I) + -ery : ostentatious display or items contributing to such …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FRIPPERY — /frip"euh ree/ , n. , pl. fripperies . 1. finery in dress, esp. when showy, gaudy, or the like. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FRIPPERY — [ 'frɪp(ə)ri ] ■ noun ( plural fripperies ) showy or unnecessary ornament. ■ adjective archaic frivolous and tawdry. Origin …
Concise Oxford English vocab
FRIPPERY — frip ‧ pe ‧ ry /ˈfrɪpəri/ BrE AmE noun ( plural fripperies ) [countable usually plural] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FRIPPERY — ( fripperies) If you refer to something as frippery , you mean that it is silly or unnecessary, and only …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FRIPPERY — (fripperies) If you refer to something as ~, you mean that it is silly or unnecessary, and only done or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FRIPPERY — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Hotel managers refused to install cable TV and other fripperies that would distract clients …
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TRAPPINGS — Synonyms and related words : accessories, accouterments, adornments, appanages, apparatus, appendages, appointments, appurtenances, back band, backstrap, bearing rein, bellyband, belongings, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FRIPPERY — n. 25B6; noun a functional building with not a hint of frippery : OSTENTATION, showiness, embellishment, adornment, ornamentation, ornament, decoration, …
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Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TRAPPINGS — n. pl. accoutrements or US also accouterments, panoply, caparison, equipage, apparatus, equipment, paraphernalia, appointments, furnishings, furniture, gear, rig, habiliments, decoration(s), …
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