oripeaux — meaning in English
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English meaning
- frippery noun Ostentation, as in fancy clothing.
Senses
oripeaux is used for these senses in English:
- frippery Hence: secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.
frippery — full definition
- noun Ostentation, as in fancy clothing.
- noun Useless things; trifles.
- noun Cast-off clothes.
- noun The trade or traffic in old clothes.
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