frippish

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adjective

Gaudy, tawdry, showy in a cheap way.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adjectivefrippish (comparative more frippish, superlative most frippish)

comparative more frippish · superlative most frippish

  1. obsoleteGaudy, tawdry, showy in a cheap way.

Origin

  1. Frenchfriperie
  2. Englishfrippish

From French friperie, via frippery + -ish.

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APA

frippish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frippish

MLA

“frippish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frippish. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frippish,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frippish.

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