Frippery (adj)
frip-uhr-ee
Showy or unnecessary ornament in architecture, dress, or language.
This just sounds lovely, I think it needs a properly rolled r to achieve its full effect but then that would be mere frippery.
Example sentences
“Her home is filled with flounce and frippery, there’s not single uncluttered surface!”
“All legal documents are full of completely essential small print fripperies.”
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