Definition for FOP'PER-Y

FOP'PER-Y, n.

  1. Affectation of show or importance; showy folly; as, the foppery of dress or of manners.
  2. Folly; impertinence. Let not the sound of shallow foppery enter / My sober house. Shak.
  3. Foolery; vain or idle practice; idle affectation. Swift.

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