Definition of Frippiry

Frip"per*y (?), n. [F. friperie, fr. fruper. See Fripper.] 1. Coast-off clothes. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

2. Hence: Secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.

Fond of gauze and French frippery.

Goldsmith.

The gauzy frippery of a French translation.

Sir W. Scott.

3. A place where old clothes are sold. Shak.

4. The trade or traffic in old clothes.

Frip"per*y (?), a. Trifling; contemptible.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

(obsolete) Cast-off clothes.
(obsolete) The place where old clothes are sold.
Hence: secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.
Fond of gauze and French frippery. — Goldsmith.
The gauzy frippery of a French translation. — Sir W. Scott.
(obsolete) The trade or traffic in old clothes.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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