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Definition of Flummery
1. Noun. A bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal.
2. Noun. Meaningless ceremonies and flattery.
Definition of Flummery
1. n. A light kind of food, formerly made of flour or meal; a sort of pap.
Definition of Flummery
1. Noun. A custard; any of several bland, gelatinous foodstuffs, usually made from stewed fruit and thickened with oatmeal, cornstarch or flour ¹
2. Noun. empty or meaningless talk ¹
3. Noun. deceptive or blustering speech; bullshit ¹
4. Interjection. an expression of contemptuous disbelief ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flummery
1. a sweet dessert [n -MERIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flummery
Literary usage of Flummery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor by Wayne E. Burton (1868)
"flummery begged to explain. Sundries comprised an endless variety of small sums
... But I tell you, Mrs. flummery, ever since you have been in the house, ..."
2. Modern Domestic Cookery, and Useful Receipt Book: Adapted for Families in by William Augustus Henderson, David Hughson (1828)
"C. Green Melon in flummery. TAKE a little stiff flummery, ... Solomon,s Temple
in flummery. TAKE a quart of stiff flummery, and divide it into three parts. ..."
3. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"Dutch flummery. Boil two ounces of isinglass in three half-pints of water very
gently ... Rice flummery. Boil with a pint of new milk, a bit of lemon-peel, ..."
4. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1837)
"said M'flummery ;' you shall have your bond;' and he burst out into what I considered
... Then there only remains one thing to satisfy me,' said M'flummery, ..."
5. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1816)
"С. J. How could you know that he did not see Г—flummery. {tried him. flummery.
I tried him with my fingers, and his eyes would not wag. ..."
6. Works by Washington Irving (1897)
"flummery. PROM THE MILL ' OP PINDAR COCKLOFT, ESQ. Being a Poem with Notes, or
rather Notes with a Poem • ; in the manner of DOCTOR 3 CHRISTOPHER COSTIVE. ..."
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