frippery
noun
[ ˈfrɪp(ə)ri ]
• showy or unnecessary ornament in architecture, dress, or language.
• "a strictly business building with not a hint of frippery"
Similar:
ostentation,
showiness,
embellishment,
ornamentation,
ornament,
adornment,
decoration,
trimming,
garnishing,
garnishment,
gilding,
beautification,
prettification,
gingerbread,
finery,
luxury,
flashiness,
glitz,
glitziness,
bells and whistles,
trumpery,
frippery
adjective
• frivolous and tawdry.
Origin:
mid 16th century (denoting old or second-hand clothes): from French friperie, from Old French freperie, from frepe ‘rag’, of unknown ultimate origin.
