plural flummeries
1
a
: a soft jelly or porridge made with flour or meal
b
: any of several sweet desserts
2
Examples of flummery in a Sentence
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In all its flummery, the coronation represents less the genuine grandeur and might that once undergirded the British monarchy, and more the obscure anachronisms that help the monarchy endear itself to a 21st century public.
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Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
The sit-down buffet supper will feature menu items from the era including chicken marsala, salad, chicken fettucine, shepherd's pie, flummery and trifle.
—Jan Lugenbuhl, NOLA.com, 25 Apr. 2018
In the end, the United States wasn’t willing to fight Russia over South Ossetia, no matter how great Saakashvili’s gift for flummery.
—Sophie Pinkham, New Republic, 26 Sep. 2017
Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
The sit-down buffet supper will feature menu items from the era including chicken marsala, salad, chicken fettucine, shepherd's pie, flummery and trifle.
—Jan Lugenbuhl, NOLA.com, 25 Apr. 2018
In the end, the United States wasn’t willing to fight Russia over South Ossetia, no matter how great Saakashvili’s gift for flummery.
—Sophie Pinkham, New Republic, 26 Sep. 2017
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Word History
Etymology
Welsh llymru
First Known Use
1623, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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“Flummery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flummery. Accessed 29 Sep. 2023.
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