English-Thai Dictionary
flummery
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FLUMMERY
n.[See Lumber. ] 1. A sort of jelly made of flour or meal; pap.
Milk and flummery are very fit for children.
2. In vulgar use, any thing insipid or nothing to the purpose; flattery.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FLUMMERY
Flum "mer *y, n. Etym: [W. llumru, or llumruwd, a kind of food made of oatmeal steeped in water until it has turned sour, fr. llumrig harsh, raw, crude, fr. llum sharp, severe. ]
1. A light kind of food, formerly made of flour or meal; a sort of pap. Milk and flummery are very fit for children. Locke.
2. Something insipid, or not worth having; empty compliment; trash; unsubstantial talk of writing. The flummery of modern criticism. J. Morley.
New American Oxford Dictionary
flummery
flum mer y |ˈfləmərē ˈfləməri | ▶noun ( pl. flummeries ) 1 empty compliments; nonsense: she hated the flummery of public relations. 2 a sweet dish, typically made with beaten eggs, sugar, and flavorings. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (denoting a dish made with oatmeal or wheatmeal boiled to a jelly ): from Welsh llymru; perhaps related to llymrig ‘soft, slippery. ’
Oxford Dictionary
flummery
flummery |ˈflʌm (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. flummeries ) [ mass noun ] 1 meaningless or insincere flattery or conventions: she hated the flummery of public relations. 2 a sweet dish made with beaten eggs, sugar, and flavourings. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (denoting a dish made with oatmeal or wheatmeal boiled to a jelly ): from Welsh llymru; perhaps related to llymrig ‘soft, slippery ’.
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