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单词 flummery
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flummery
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WORD FAMILY
flummery: flummeries
USAGE EXAMPLES
Such flummery is costly to grow and likely to attract predators.
Economist(Nov 04, 2015)
He seems to have little patience for its consensual, process-driven flummery.
Economist(Apr 30, 2015)
Bostridge even refers to the piano part in one Schubert song as “insincere Romantic flummery.”
Washington Post(Feb 04, 2015)
1
n a bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal
Hyper
pudding
any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed
2
n meaningless ceremonies and flattery
Syn|Hyper
mummery
bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality
a message that seems to convey no meaning
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