Новый большой англо-русский словарь - frippery
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frippery
1. мишура; бездулушки; дешевые украшения 2. претенциозность 3. мишурный; показной
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noun 1) мишурные украшения; безделушки 2) манерность, претенциозность (о литературном стиле) ...Англо-русский словарь
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n. & adj. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 showy, tawdry, or unnecessary finery or ornament, esp. in dress. 2 empty display in speech, literary style, etc. 3 a knick-knacks, trifles. b a knick-knack or trifle. --adj. 1 frivolous. 2 contemptible. Etymology: F friperie f. OF freperie f. frepe rag ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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noun (plural -peries) Etymology: Middle French friperie, alteration of Old French freperie, from frepe old garment Date: 1568 1. obsolete a. cast-off clothes b. archaic a place where old clothes are sold 2. a. finery; also an elegant or showy garment b. something showy, frivolous, or nonessential c. ostentation; especially something foolish or affectedly elegant ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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(fripperies) If you refer to something as frippery, you mean that it is silly or unnecessary, and only done or worn for pleasure (mainly BRIT) ...all the fripperies with which the Edwardian woman indulged herself. ...a sombre display, with no frills or frippery. N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n an unnecessary and useless object or decoration (She spends all her money on fripperies.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1568, from M.Fr. friperie "old clothes, an old clothes shop," from O.Fr. freperie, from frepe "rag," from L.L. faluppa "chip, splinter, straw, fiber." The notion is of "things worn down, clothes rubbed to rags." The meaning "tawdry finery" dates from 1637. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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