Noun: frippery fri-pu-ree
- Something of little value or significance
"mere rhetorical frippery";
- bagatelle, fluff, frivolity
- Showy, unnecessary ornament or decoration
"The room was full of Victorian frippery"
Derived forms: fripperies
Type of: picayune [N. Amer, informal], piddler [informal], small beer [informal], small fry [informal], trifle, trivia, triviality
Encyclopedia: Frippery