7.18.2011

Frippery

What I'm going to take from reading The 19th Wife, besides fuel for my ongoing fascination with Mormonism, is the word frippery.

Frippery:


1. finery in dress, especially when showy, gaudy, or the like.
2. empty display; ostentation.
3. gewgaws; trifles.

Thank you, David Ebershoff.

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