crude vs frou-frou

crude

adj
  • Pertaining to the uninflected stem of a word. 

  • In a natural, untreated state. 

  • Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made. 

  • Lacking tact or taste. 

  • Lacking concealing elements. 

noun
  • Any substance in its natural state. 

  • Crude oil. 

frou-frou

adj
  • Unimportant, silly, useless. 

  • Liable to create the sound of rustling cloth, similar to 19th-century dresses. 

  • Highly ornamented, overly elaborate; excessively girly. 

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

verb
  • To move with the sound of rustling dresses. 

How often have the words crude and frou-frou occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )