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frilly, a. and n.|ˈfrɪlɪ|
[f. frill n.1 + -y1.]
A. adj. Furnished with a frill; full of frills; resembling frills. Also fig.
1843Hood To Henrietta ii, With..a pair of frilly trousers, like a little bantam cock. 1890E. Custer Following Guidon xiv. 202 Our opera-glasses looked just a little ‘frilly’ in such a place, but they were really useful. 1896Punch 21 Mar. 133/3 Blossoms flounced and frilly. 1899Westm. Gaz. 21 Sept. 3/2 Fluffy, frilly wraps. 1900Ibid. 19 July 3/1 Capelines..more or less frilly and floppy. 1902Ibid. 20 Nov. 3/1 The effect was delightfully rippling and frilly. 1904B. von Hutten Pam i. iii, Pamela in a frilly nightgown. 1911H. S. Harrison Queed vi. 75, I am a clerk,..and office girl. My official title of course, is a little more frilly. 1922Glasgow Herald 22 Mar. 10 [He] insisted upon the need for a thorough elementary education..even if less attention were paid to the ‘frilly’ subjects than at present.
B. n. pl. Frilled undergarments. colloq.
1900E. Glyn Visits Eliz. 16 Lady Doraine and that horrid Smith creature made a place for me in the empty hammock between them, and, as I knew my ‘frillies’ were all right, I hammocked too. 1917H. Jenkins Bindle vi. 87 In the bed was a figure..rising up from a foam of frillies. 1927Daily Express 27 June 13/4 There are bargains to be found from fur coats to ‘frillies’. 1970S. J. Perelman Baby, it's Cold Inside 97, I am..shopping for some feminine ‘frillies’.
Hence ˈfrilliness, frilly character; also fig.
1909Westm. Gaz. 3 July 15/1 Once more everything is tending towards paniers, frilliness, flounces, and full skirts. 1927Daily Express 27 Apr. 3/2 There was..more coy frilliness..about the evening dresses than last year. Ibid. 23 Sept. 3/3 The food was nourishing and English—..none of your Frenchified frillinesses. |