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flummery
flum·mer·y F0205200 (flŭm′ə-rē)n. pl. flum·mer·ies 1. Meaningless or deceptive language; humbug.2. a. Any of several soft, sweet, bland foods, such as custard.b. A sweet gelatinous pudding made by straining boiled oatmeal or flour.c. A soft dessert of stewed, thickened fruit, often mixed with a grain such as rice.
[Welsh llymru, soft jelly from sour oatmeal.]flummery (ˈflʌmərɪ) n, pl -meries1. informal meaningless flattery; nonsense2. (Cookery) chiefly Brit a cold pudding of oatmeal, etc[C17: from Welsh llymru]flum•mer•y (ˈflʌm ə ri)
n., pl. -mer•ies. 1. any of various sweet puddings or custards, as a blancmange or fruit custard. 2. a gruel of oatmeal or flour boiled with water. 3. complete nonsense; foolish humbug. [1615–25; < Welsh llymru, with ending assimilated to -ery] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | flummery - a bland custard or pudding especially of oatmealpudding - any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed | | 2. | flummery - meaningless ceremonies and flatterymummeryhokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning |
flummery
Related to flummery: syllabubSynonyms for flummerynoun a bland custard or pudding especially of oatmealRelated Wordsnoun meaningless ceremonies and flatterySynonymsRelated Words- hokum
- meaninglessness
- nonsense
- nonsensicality
- bunk
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