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单词 flummery
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
flum•mer•y  (flum′ə rē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mer•ies. 
  1. Foodoatmeal or flour boiled with water until thick.
  2. Foodfruit custard or blancmange usually thickened with cornstarch.
  3. Foodany of various dishes made of flour, milk, eggs, sugar, etc.
  4. complete nonsense;
    foolish humbug.
  • Welsh llymru, with ending assimilated to -ery
  • 1615–25

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
flummery /ˈflʌmərɪ/ n ( pl -meries)
  1. informal meaningless flattery; nonsense
  2. chiefly Brit a cold pudding of oatmeal, etc
Etymology: 17th Century: from Welsh llymru
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