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FLUMMERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flummery mean? 

FLUMMERY (noun)
  The noun FLUMMERY has 2 senses:

1. a bland custard or pudding especially of oatmealplay

2. meaningless ceremonies and flatteryplay

  Familiarity information: FLUMMERY used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FLUMMERY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("flummery" is a kind of...):

pudding (any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Meaningless ceremonies and flattery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

flummery; mummery

Hypernyms ("flummery" is a kind of...):

bunk; hokum; meaninglessness; nonsense; nonsensicality (a message that seems to convey no meaning)


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