Definition of "fopperies" [fopperies]

• Plural form of foppery. (noun)

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• "The unities of time and place he calls "fopperies," though time and place, he admits, are not to be lightly changed. ["
• "The work appears in a most pleasing form — I shall be glad to see him and am convinced from his writings that he is an amiable man I perceive no fopperies — no meretricious ornaments, no language of bigotry and enthusiasm in"
• "None but a Parisian, and a Parisian of the upper spheres, could thus array himself without appearing ridiculous; none other could give the harmony of self-conceit to all these fopperies, which were carried off, however, with a dashing air, — the air of a young man who has fine pistols, a sure aim, and Annette."