fripperies in English

noun

1

showy or unnecessary ornament in architecture, dress, or language.

There wasn't nearly as much frippery on Gideon's dress, she could inhabit that dress.

synonyms: ostentation, showiness, embellishment, adornment, ornamentation, ornament, decoration, trimming, gilding, prettification, gingerbread, finery, frou-frou, bells and whistles

noun

ostentation, showiness, embellishment, adornment, ornamentation, ornament, decoration, trimming, gilding, prettification, gingerbread, finery, frou-frou, bells and whistles
trinket, bauble, knickknack, gewgaw, gimcrack, bibelot, ornament, novelty, trifle, kickshaw, tchotchke, gaud
frivolity, fluff, bagatelle

Use "fripperies" in a sentence

1. M. Gillenormand talked nonsense in connection with the wedding, and all the fripperies of the eighteenth century passed pell-mell through his dithyrambs.