n. [ F. fripier, fr. friper to rumple, fumble, waste. ] One who deals in frippery or in old clothes. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A fripper. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. friperie, fr. fruper. See Fripper. ]
Fond of gauze and French frippery. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
The gauzy frippery of a French translation. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Trifling; contemptible. [ 1913 Webster ]