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Definition of Flummery

Flummery
Flummery Flum"mer*y, n. [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.

Meaning of Flummery from wikipedia

- Flummery is a starch-based, sweet, soft dessert pudding which originated in Great Britain during the early modern period. The word has also been used for...
- Wurzel-Flummery is a play by A. A. Milne, which was performed for the first time in 1917, in London. It was the first play Milne wrote. He originally wrote...
- Pudding D Diplomat pudding Dutch baby pancake F Figgy duff Flummadiddle Flummery Fruit pudding Frumenty G Goody Götterspeise H Hasty pudding Haupia Herrencreme...
- Ecclefechan tart Eton mess Eve's pudding English cake Flapjack Flies graveyard Flummery Fruit fool Fudge Gypsy tart Gingerbread Knickerbocker glory Lardy cake...
- Challenge!" The Prince Herself (voice) Episodes: "Beverly Hills" & "The Flummery Tart" 2022 Uncensored Herself Episode: "Garcelle Beauvais" 2023 Vanderpump...
- of redirect targets Custard – Semi-solid cooked mixture of milk and egg Flummery – Starch-based, sweet, soft dessert pudding Haupia – Polynesian coconut...
- March 2021. Benedict, David (2 September 1998). "Tiny diva without the flummery". The Independent. Archived from the original on 17 March 2021. Retrieved...
- E. H. Shepard) Behind the Lines (1940) The Norman Church (1948) Wurzel-Flummery (1917) Belinda (1918) The Boy Comes Home (1918) Make-Believe (1918) (children's...
- The Celtic Review. 8: 252. Retrieved 13 October 2022. Balderdash and flummery. World Wide Words (23 November 1996). h2g2 – Maps of Cornwall (Kernow)...
- called the plot "preposterous" but added, "It is still a delightful lot of flummery while it is going on, especially the major, central business of burglarizing...