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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.
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Flummery
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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flummery
1620s, a type of coagulated food, from Welsh llymru, of uncertain origin." Figurative use, of flattery, empty talk, is from mid-18c.
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