frou-frou vs ornamental

frou-frou

adj
  • Highly ornamented, overly elaborate; excessively girly. 

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

  • Unimportant, silly, useless. 

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

verb
  • To move with the sound of rustling dresses. 

ornamental

adj
  • Bred for aesthetic or decorative purposes. 

  • Serving as an ornament; having no purpose other than to make more beautiful. 

noun
  • An ornamental plant. 

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