Foppery
[fop-uh-ree] /ˈfɒp ə ri/
noun, plural fopperies.
1.
the clothes, manners, actions, etc., of a .
2.
something foppish.
/ˈfɒpərɪ/
noun (pl) -peries
1.
the clothes, affectations, obsessions, etc, of or befitting a fop
n.
1540s, “foolish action,” from fop + -ery. Meaning “behavior and manner of a fop” is from 1690s; meaning “foppish attire” is from 1711.
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