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ə 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 lollapalooza. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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flummery (ˈflʌmərɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -meries | |
| 1. | informal meaningless flattery; nonsense |
| 2. | chiefly (Brit) a cold pudding of oatmeal, etc |
| [C17: from Welsh llymru] | |
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Word Origin & History
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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Example sentences
Some people prefer a life of puffed up flummery, gladly ignoring the harm it inflicts on others.
As a work in progress, the parliament invents its own flummery.
It is still a delightful lot of flummery while it is going on, especially the major, central business of burglarizing the museum.
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