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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

  1. noun Ostentation, as in fancy clothing.
  2. noun Useless things; trifles.
  3. noun Cast-off clothes.
  4. noun The trade or traffic in old clothes.
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