English
frippish
Frippish comes from French friperie, and goes back to Late Latin faluppa ‘straw, fiber, chip’.
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEfaluppa‘straw, fiber, chip’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400freperie
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfriperie
- Englishtodayfrippish
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEfaluppa‘straw, fiber, chip’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400freperie
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfriperie
- Englishtodayfrippish
Formed from -ish
Every English word from Late Latin faluppa
Today it means
adj Gaudy, tawdry, showy in a cheap way.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Late Latin faluppa / frippish