Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fripper

/ˈfɹɪpə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: frip-per
IPA: /ˈfɹɪpə(ɹ)/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dealer in frippery (old clothes).

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"which Collections are much like a Frippers or Brokers Shoppe; that hath ends of eucrie thing, but nothing of worth"

Etymology

From French fripier, from friper (“to rumple, fumble, waste”).

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

frippers (plural)

Synonyms

fripperer

Questions

How do you pronounce fripper?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɹɪpə(ɹ)/.
What does fripper mean?: A dealer in frippery (old clothes).
Where does fripper come from?: From French fripier, from friper (“to rumple, fumble, waste”).

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