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mummery

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mum⋅mer⋅y

  [muhm-uh-ree]
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–noun, plural -mer⋅ies.
1. the performance of mummers.
2. any performance, ceremony, etc., regarded as absurd, false, or ostentatious.
Origin:
1520–30; mummer + -y 3
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mum·mer·y   (mŭm'ə-rē)   
n.   pl. mum·mer·ies

  1. A performance by mummers.

  2. A pretentious or hypocritical show or ceremony.


[French mommerie, from Old French momer, to wear a mask, pantomime.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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