noun
- Foolish or trivial behavior; silly or vain actions and mannerisms.
- Showy or ornamental items; trinkets or decorative objects considered tasteless or excessive.
Usage: plural form of foppery; often used to describe affected or excessively concerned behavior about appearance or fashion
Usage: plural form of foppery; refers to material goods or adornments
Examples
- He dismissed the fashion magazine's advice as mere fopperies unworthy of serious consideration.
- The aristocrat's fopperies—his elaborate wigs and perfumed handkerchiefs—made him the subject of ridicule.
- She had no patience for the fopperies of high society and preferred simple, practical clothing.
- The room was cluttered with fopperies: decorative fans, jeweled boxes, and silk cushions.
- His constant fopperies about his appearance annoyed his more down-to-earth friends.
- The novel satirized the fopperies of the wealthy elite who cared only about superficial pleasures.