noun
- Unnecessary or excessive ornamentation; showy decoration or embellishment.
Usage: Often used in a critical or dismissive sense to describe something overly decorated or fussy.
Examples
- The designer stripped away all the frillery to create a clean, modern aesthetic.
- She preferred elegant simplicity over the frillery of Victorian fashion.
- The building's excessive frillery made it look cluttered rather than impressive.
- He dismissed the ornate details as mere frillery without substance.
- Modern minimalism rejects the frillery of previous design movements.