fallaleryn.
/falˈlaləri/, /fə(l)ˈlaləri/, U.S. /ˌfæ(l)ˈlæləri/, /fəˈlæləri/ Tawdry finery, gaudy ornament; fripperies, knick-knacks (also in plural in same sense). Also: trifling, fooling around.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > cheap or gaudy
bawdrya1529
bravery1563
fangle1583
flaunt1590
gaudery1597
trumperya1616
ginger-work1631
frippery1637
finery1647
tawdrya1680
tawdrum1680
tinsey1685
flappet1728
gingerbread work1748
tinsel1782
fallalery1824
tinselry1830
figgery1841
flaring1881
1824 ‘Ann of Swansea’ Woman's a Riddle II. v. 307 It will only teach her vanity and tempt her to buy gewgaws and fallaleries unbecoming her station.
1833 T. Hood Public Dinner ii Dames in the gallery, All dressed in fallallery.
1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors I. iv. 65 Dancing and flirting and fal-lallery.
1904 Baroness Orczy in Royal Mag. Aug. 326/1 Miss Pebmarsh, who was giving 'er a 'ome and 'er daily bread, 'adn't much money to spare for fallalery.
1977 Spectator 2 July 23/1 It is one of the first plays to ascribe female fallalery not to innate psychology, but to the social and economic system of patriarchy.
2014 Harper's Bazaar (U.K. ed.) (Nexis) Oct. In a grand parade, full of Renaissance fallalery, she was presented with the traditional prize for the last-placed rider.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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