Meaning of frou-frou | Babel Free

Definitions

A rustling sound, particularly the rustling of a large silk dress.

onomatopoeic

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Examples

“The modern frou-frou of satin and gros-de-Naples skirts is nothing to the rustling of brocaded silks.”

“[…]the frou-frou of life was lost to her[…]”

“She was pretty, charming, and, moreover, a widow. And because of this she at once had at heel any number of Eldorado Kings, officials, and adventuring younger sons, whose ears were yearning for the frou-frou of a woman’s skirts.”

““Now, Watson, the fair sex is your department,” said Holmes, with a smile, when the dwindling frou-frou of skirts had ended in the slam of the front door.”

“Lord Grenville took a hasty farewell of the ladies and slipped back into his box, where M. Chauvelin had sat all through this entr’acte, with his eternal snuff-box in his hand, and with his keen pale eyes intently fixed upon a box opposite to him, where, with much frou-frou of silken skirts, much laughter and general stir of curiosity amongst the audience, […]”

“Impervious to the cheap perfumes and the frou-frou of young ladies' skirts, he finally and with deepest dread plunged ahead, banging in his ignorance on the keys as if they were a snare drum.”

CEFR level