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Frippery is an English word with synonyms like bagatelle or fluff. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Frippery in a sentence

Frippery meaning

  1. Ostentation, as in fancy clothing.
  2. Useless things; trifles.
  3. Cast-off clothes.

Synonyms of Frippery

bagatelle fluff frivolity triviality trivia trifle small beer

Related words

Other words often associated with Frippery or its synonyms:

object detail point technicality item piece clowning afters pettiness botch trait piddle

Using Frippery

  • The main meaning on this page is: Ostentation, as in fancy clothing. | Useless things; trifles. | Cast-off clothes.
  • Useful related words include: bagatelle, fluff, frivolity, triviality.
  • In the example corpus, frippery often appears in combinations such as: frippery as.

Context around Frippery

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 30 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

keep 1× excessive 1×

Sentence patterns with Frippery

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

frippery as frippery as we 1× from excessive frippery 1× to keep frippery as frippery 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

sam said we 1× within the vast 1×

Common sentence endings:

from excessive frippery 1×

Words around Frippery

Just before it in the word index:

fripp 54 friockheim 3 frio 6 frinton 9 frink 14 fringy 1

Just after it in the word index:

frisaro 4 frisbee 68 frisbees 6 frisbie 5 frisby 8 frisch 47

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Frippery

  • In this selection, "frippery" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 30 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, keep and excessive stand out and add context to how "frippery" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include frippery as frippery as we and from excessive frippery. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "frippery" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with frippery

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Sam said: “We wanted to keep Frippery as Frippery as we know people love it and lots were sad at the possibility of it going. (25 words)

Within the vast structure, rooms now flaunt a distinctly contemporary and sophisticated — if slightly generic — design, with wheat-colored hardwood floors, milky white walls, open-plan living spaces, and a minimalistic freedom from excessive frippery. (35 words)

Longer example sentences

Within the vast structure, rooms now flaunt a distinctly contemporary and sophisticated — if slightly generic — design, with wheat-colored hardwood floors, milky white walls, open-plan living spaces, and a minimalistic freedom from excessive frippery. (35 words)

Sam said: “We wanted to keep Frippery as Frippery as we know people love it and lots were sad at the possibility of it going. (25 words)

Example sentences (2)

Sam said: “We wanted to keep Frippery as Frippery as we know people love it and lots were sad at the possibility of it going.

Within the vast structure, rooms now flaunt a distinctly contemporary and sophisticated — if slightly generic — design, with wheat-colored hardwood floors, milky white walls, open-plan living spaces, and a minimalistic freedom from excessive frippery.

Common combinations with frippery

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • frippery as 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "frippery" in a sentence?
An example: "Sam said: “We wanted to keep Frippery as Frippery as we know people love it and lots were sad at the possibility of it going." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "frippery" from authentic English texts.
What does "frippery" mean?
Frippery means: Ostentation, as in fancy clothing.
What are synonyms of "frippery"?
Common synonyms of "frippery" include: bagatelle, fluff, frivolity, triviality, trivia, trifle, small beer.
How many example sentences with "frippery" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "frippery", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.