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frumpery
English
Etymology
frump +? -ery
Noun
frumpery (countable and uncountable, plural frumperies)
- Frumpish appearance or behaviour.
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trumpery
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French tromperie (“deceit”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t??mp??i/
- Hyphenation: trump?ery
Noun
trumpery (plural trumperies)
- Worthless finery; bric-a-brac or junk.
- 1610, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act IV, scene 1:
- PROSPERO.[To Ariel]
- This was well done, my bird.
- Thy shape invisible retain thou still:
- The trumpery in my house, go bring it hither
- For stale to catch these thieves.
- PROSPERO.[To Ariel]
- 1610, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act IV, scene 1:
- Nonsense.
- 1698, Robert South, “The Lineal Descent of Jesus of Nazareth from David by his Blessed Mother the Virgin Mary. Proved in a Discourse on Rev. xxii. 16.”, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Subjects and Occasions, volume III, London: Printed by Tho[mas] Warren for Thomas Bennet, OCLC 272362693; republished as Twelve Sermons upon Several Subjects and Occasions, volume III, 6th edition, London: Printed by J. Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, at the Rose in Pater-noster Row, 1727, OCLC 85047152, page 287:
- Now upon the coming of Chri?t, very much, tho' not all, of this idolatrous Trumpery and Super?tition was driven out of the World: […]
- 1698, Robert South, “The Lineal Descent of Jesus of Nazareth from David by his Blessed Mother the Virgin Mary. Proved in a Discourse on Rev. xxii. 16.”, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Subjects and Occasions, volume III, London: Printed by Tho[mas] Warren for Thomas Bennet, OCLC 272362693; republished as Twelve Sermons upon Several Subjects and Occasions, volume III, 6th edition, London: Printed by J. Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, at the Rose in Pater-noster Row, 1727, OCLC 85047152, page 287:
- (obsolete) Deceit; fraud.
- 1640, Richard Greenwey, The Annales of Cornelius Tacitus. The Description of Germanie, publ. by Richard Whitaker, 182.
- 1859, Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White:
- In that case there is no need for me to write about the trumpery scandal by which I was the sufferer—the innocent sufferer, I positively assert.
- 1640, Richard Greenwey, The Annales of Cornelius Tacitus. The Description of Germanie, publ. by Richard Whitaker, 182.
Translations
Adjective
trumpery (not comparable)
- Gaudy but worthless.
- 1887, Charles Mackay, Through the Long Day: Or, Memorials of a Literary Life (page 113)
- I also remember the old Royal Mews that stood on the site of the present trumpery National Gallery, with its too suggestive pepper-boxes; […]
- 1954, Anthony Buckeridge, According to Jennings, London: William Collins, Sons, OCLC 255905255; republished London: Stratus Books, 2003, ISBN 978-0-7551-0165-8, page 136:
- “Of all the trumpery moonshine!” Mr Wilkins exploded. “What do you think you're playing at, Jennings!”
- 1887, Charles Mackay, Through the Long Day: Or, Memorials of a Literary Life (page 113)
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