flummery

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Forsytes singularly free of "flummery," as Nicholas had been wont to call it when he had the gout.

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  1. noun Meaningless or deceptive language; humbug.
  2. noun Any of several soft, sweet, bland foods, such as custard.
  3. noun A sweet gelatinous pudding made by straining boiled oatmeal or flour.
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  • She was too old for Aunt Grobigatail's honey flummery, but a taste of honey always whetted her appetite for more. —  Harpy Thyme
  • How did you get here Fingard was fooled by frost giant's flummery, Talk of treasure-horde, free for the taking, Heaps of gold, gleaming goblets, all unguarded In frozen fastness. —  F ;SF; - vol 096 issue 02 - February 1999
  • After a year of Egyptian flummery, presumably he was used to it. —  Davis, Lindsey - The Course of Honor
  • As for `smiles and flummery,' as you express it, there has been no chance of anything so friendly. —  The Lady of the Basement Flat
  • Turtle and every other thing, flummery, jellies sweetmeats of twenty sorts, trifles, whipped sillabubs, floating islands, fools, etc., with a dessert of fruits, raisins, almonds pears, peaches A most sinful feast again! —  Home Life in Colonial Days
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  1. Welsh llymru, soft jelly from sour oatmeal.

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  1. from Welsh llymru, llymruwd, flummery, sour oatmeal boiled and jellied; so called from its sourness; cf. llymrig, crude, raw, harsh, llymus, of a sharp quality, llym, sharp, severe, llymu, sharpen.
  2. Of dial. origin, prob. from English flum, deceit, flattery, nonsense, + -ery. Perhaps suggested by flummery, but a different word.
 

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