frippery

[ frip-uh-ree ]

/ ˈfrɪp ə ri /

finery in dress, especially when showy, gaudy, or the like.

empty display; ostentation.

gewgaws; trifles.

Origin of frippery

1560–70; < French friperie, Old French freperie, equivalent to frepe rag + -erie -ery

You know what a handsome young man he must be now, and full of French style and frippery.

Springhaven |R. D. Blackmore
Her life will be frittered away over dresses and frippery and fashion.

Fernley House |Laura E. Richards
What has a herd boy like thee to do with roses and frippery?

The Herd Boy and His Hermit |Charlotte M. Yonge
A heap of frippery, a handful of gems, a dish or two more on the table cannot give it.

Froth |Armando Palacio Valds

In this he distinguishes the three stages of Tattooing (including paint), Frippery, and Clothes.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 |Various

frippery

/ (ˈfrɪpərɪ) /

ornate or showy clothing or adornment

showiness; ostentation

unimportant considerations; trifles; trivia

C16: from Old French freperie, from frepe frill, rag, old garment, from Medieval Latin faluppa a straw, splinter, of obscure origin