frou-frou

Meanings

Noun

A rustling sound, particularly the rustling of a large silk dress.

Adjective

Liable to create the sound of rustling cloth, similar to 19th-century dresses.
Highly ornamented, overly elaborate; excessively girly.
Unimportant, silly, useless.

Verb

To move with the sound of rustling dresses.

Origin

Borrowed from French frou-frou, an onomatopoeia.
Category:English onomatopoeias

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