English-Thai Dictionary

trumpery

N สิ่ง ไร้ประโยชน์  sing-rai-pra-yod

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRUMPERY

n.Falsehood; empty talk. 1. Useless matter; things worn out and cast side.
[This is the sense of the word in New England. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TRUMPERY

Trump "er *y, n. Etym: [F. tromperie deceit, fr. tromper to deceive. See Trump to trick. ]

 

1. Deceit; fraud. [Obs. ] Grenewey.

 

2. Something serving to deceive by false show or pretense; falsehood; deceit; worthless but showy matter; hence, things worn out and of no value; rubbish. The trumpery in my house, go bring it hither, for state to catch these thieves. Shak. Upon the coming of Christ, very much, though not all, of this idolatrous trumpery and superstition was driven out of the world. South.

 

TRUMPERY

TRUMPERY Trump "er *y, a.

 

Defn: Worthless or deceptive in character. "A trumpery little ring. " Thackeray.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

trumpery

trump er y |ˈtrəmpərē ˈtrəmp (ə )ri | archaic ▶noun ( pl. trumperies ) attractive articles of little value or use. • practices or beliefs that are superficially or visually appealing but have little real value or worth. ▶adjective showy but worthless: trumpery jewelry. • delusive or shallow: that trumpery hope which lets us dupe ourselves. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting trickery ): from Old French tromperie, from tromper ‘deceive. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

trumpery

trumpery |ˈtrʌmp (ə )ri | archaic ▶noun ( pl. trumperies ) [ mass noun ] attractive articles of little value or use. • practices or beliefs that are superficially or visually appealing but have little real value or worth. ▶adjective showy but worthless: trumpery jewellery. • delusive or shallow: that trumpery hope which lets us dupe ourselves. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting trickery ): from Old French tromperie, from tromper ‘deceive ’.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

trumpery archaic

trumpery archaic noun tables piled with all sorts of trumpery: trinkets, baubles, cheap finery, knick-knacks, ornaments, bibelots, gewgaws, gimcracks. ▶adjective trumpery jewellery. See showy.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

trumpery

trump er y /trʌ́mp (ə )ri /名詞 U ｟やや古 ｠1 安ぴかの物, つまらない物 .2 たわごと .形容詞 安ぴかの, つまらない .