Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FOP'PER-Y
FOP'PER-Y, n.
- Affectation of show or importance; showy folly; as, the foppery of dress or of manners.
- Folly; impertinence. Let not the sound of shallow foppery enter / My sober house. Shak.
- Foolery; vain or idle practice; idle affectation. Swift.
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