flummery

[ fluhm-uh-ree ]

/ ˈflʌm ə ri /

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noun, plural flum·mer·ies.

oatmeal or flour boiled with water until thick.

fruit custard or blancmange usually thickened with cornstarch.

any of various dishes made of flour, milk, eggs, sugar, etc.

complete nonsense; foolish humbug.

Origin of flummery

1615–25; <Welsh llymru, with ending assimilated to -ery

Words nearby flummery

fluke, flukey, fluky, flumadiddle, flume, flummery, flummox, flump, flung, flunisolide, flunitrazepam

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Example sentences from the Web for flummery

Very, very many things he condemned as flummery and sickly waste of time.
The White Peacock|D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
A man must have a thick skin to be able to carry off all the flummery of Highness without any feeling of shame.
Royal Highness|Thomas Mann
Let me have the full particulars, and don't try on flummery.'
Caricature and Other Comic Art|James Parton.
And I can dish up a trifle of flummery in here and there conveniently, and—let me see.
In the Roar of the Sea|Sabine Baring-Gould

There isn't one particle of flummery in Crondall's whole body.
The Message|Alec John Dawson

British Dictionary definitions for flummery

flummery

/ (ˈflʌmərɪ) /

noun plural -meries

informal meaningless flattery; nonsense

mainly British a cold pudding of oatmeal, etc

Word Origin for flummery

C17: from Welsh llymru

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单词	flummery
释义	flummery [ fluhm-uh-ree ] / ˈflʌm ə ri / SEE SYNONYMS FOR flummery ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural flum·mer·ies. oatmeal or flour boiled with water until thick. fruit custard or blancmange usually thickened with cornstarch. any of various dishes made of flour, milk, eggs, sugar, etc. complete nonsense; foolish humbug. Origin of flummery 1615–25; <Welsh llymru, with ending assimilated to -ery Words nearby flummery fluke, flukey, fluky, flumadiddle, flume, flummery, flummox, flump, flung, flunisolide, flunitrazepam Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for flummery Very, very many things he condemned as flummery and sickly waste of time. The White Peacock\|D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence A man must have a thick skin to be able to carry off all the flummery of Highness without any feeling of shame. Royal Highness\|Thomas Mann Let me have the full particulars, and don't try on flummery.' Caricature and Other Comic Art\|James Parton. And I can dish up a trifle of flummery in here and there conveniently, and—let me see. In the Roar of the Sea\|Sabine Baring-Gould There isn't one particle of flummery in Crondall's whole body. The Message\|Alec John Dawson British Dictionary definitions for flummery flummery / (ˈflʌmərɪ) / noun plural -meries informal meaningless flattery; nonsense mainly British a cold pudding of oatmeal, etc Word Origin for flummery C17: from Welsh llymru 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 Words related to flummery curio, ornament, bauble, souvenir, bric-a-brac, levity, trifle, toy, thingamajig, frill, gadget, novelty, embellishment, whimsy, miniature, showpiece, bagatelle, curiosity, device, notion
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flummery

noun, plural flum·mer·ies.

Origin of flummery

Words nearby flummery

Example sentences from the Web for flummery

British Dictionary definitions for flummery

noun plural -meries

Word Origin for flummery

Words related to flummery