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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 oatmeal
2. meaningless ceremonies and flattery
Familiarity information: FLUMMERY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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