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flummery

[ fluhm-uh-ree ]

noun

, plural flum·mer·ies.
  1. oatmeal or flour boiled with water until thick.
  2. fruit custard or blancmange usually thickened with cornstarch.
  3. any of various dishes made of flour, milk, eggs, sugar, etc.
  4. complete nonsense; foolish humbug.


flummery

/ ˈflʌmərɪ /

noun

  1. informal.
    meaningless flattery; nonsense
  2. a cold pudding of oatmeal, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of flummery1

1615–25; < Welsh llymru, with ending assimilated to -ery
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Word History and Origins

Origin of flummery1

C17: from Welsh llymru
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Example Sentences

Oh, but surely if we have to call ourselves Wurzel-Flummery it would count as earned income.

The condition is that with this money—fifty thousand pounds—I take the name of—ah—Wurzel-Flummery.

My dear Mr. Crawshaw, you didn't think—you didn't really think that anybody had been called Wurzel-Flummery before?

The Flummery boys and ever so many more of the party are at the front with their regiments.

Money was squandered on useless court-flummery while men were toiling sixteen hours a day for bread.

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