Etymology

frippish

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Today it means: Gaudy, tawdry, showy in a cheap way. Full definition →

French friperie
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The story

  1. French · derived fromfriperie
  2. English todayfrippish

From French friperie, via frippery + -ish.

Words from the same roots

Frenchfriperie all →

frippery

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