1560s, "old clothes, cast-off garments," from Middle French friperie "old clothes, an old clothes shop," from Old French freperie, feuperie "old rags, rubbish, old clothes" (13c.), from frepe, feupe "fringe; rags, old clothes," from Late Latin faluppa "chip, splinter, straw, fiber." The notion is of "things worn down, clothes rubbed to rags." The ironic meaning "finery" (but with overtones of tawdriness) dates from 1630s.
实用例句
1. Affections of manner and speech are mere frippery.
态度和语言的做作只是矫饰而已.来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
2. Affectations of manner and speech are mere frippery.
