flummery
11flummery — flum·mer·y || flÊŒmÉ™rɪ n. any of a number of boiled bland foods (i.e. porridge, custard, pudding); empty compliments, flattery, nonsense …
12flummery — [ flʌm(ə)ri] noun (plural flummeries) 1》 empty compliments; nonsense. 2》 a sweet dish made with beaten eggs and sugar. Origin C17: from Welsh llymru; perh. related to llymrig soft, slippery …
13flummery — n. 1. Sowens, sowins or sowans, porridge (made of the dust of oatmeal). 2. Trash, frivolity, chaff, moonshine, trifling, froth, frippery, empty nonsense. 3. Flattery, adulation, blandishment, blarney, empty compliment …
14flummery — n 1. oatmeal, gruel, U.S. mush, hot cereal, Chiefly Brit. porridge, farina; fruit custard, blancmange, white pudding. 2. nonsense, moonshine, gobbledegook; foolish humbug, bunkum or buncombe, Sl. bunk, U.S. Sl. blah; balderdash, Inf. hokum, Sl.… …
15flummery — flum·mery …
16flummery — flum•mer•y [[t]ˈflʌm ə ri[/t]] n. pl. mer•ies 1) coo any of various sweet puddings or custards, as a blancmange or fruit custard 2) coo a gruel of oatmeal or flour boiled with water 3) complete nonsense; foolish humbug • Etymology: 1615–25; <… …
17flummery — /ˈflʌməri/ (say flumuhree) noun (plural flummeries) 1. a fruit flavoured jelly mixture, sometimes thickened with flour, beaten until fluffy and allowed to set. 2. a soft jelly made by boiling oatmeal or flour with water, straining and allowing to …
18flummery — n. (pl. ies) 1 empty compliments; trifles; nonsense. 2 a sweet dish made with beaten eggs, sugar, etc. Etymology: Welsh llymru, of unkn. orig …
19Wurzel-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 it in three acts, but when he got a good offer for a production if he cut it down to a two act play, he… …
20Scotch Flummery — a kind of steamed custard …
