flummery
n . 麦片制的粥,布丁,假恭维
麦片制的粥,布丁,假恭维
flummery n 1 :
a bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal 2 :
meaningless ceremonies and flattery [
synonym : {
mummery },
{
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 .
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Milk and flummery are very fit for children .
--
Locke .
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2 .
Something insipid ,
or not worth having ;
empty compliment ;
trash ;
unsubstantial talk of writing .
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The flummery of modern criticism . --
J .
Morley .
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Sowens \
Sow "
ens \ (?
or ?),
n .
pl . [
Scottish ;
cf .
AS .
se ['
a ]
w juice ,
glue ,
paste .]
A nutritious article of food ,
much used in Scotland ,
made from the husk of the oat by a process not unlike that by which common starch is made ; --
called {
flummery }
in England .
[
Written also {
sowans },
and {
sowins }.]
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52 Moby Thesaurus words for "
flummery ":
absurdity ,
amphigory ,
babble ,
babblement ,
balderdash ,
bibble -
babble ,
blabber ,
blather ,
bombast ,
claptrap ,
double -
talk ,
drivel ,
drool ,
fiddle -
faddle ,
fiddledeedee ,
folderol ,
fudge ,
fustian ,
gabble ,
galimatias ,
gammon ,
gibber ,
gibberish ,
gibble -
gabble ,
gobbledygook ,
hocus -
pocus ,
humbug ,
jabber ,
jargon ,
mumbo jumbo ,
narrishkeit ,
niaiserie ,
nonsense ,
pack of nonsense ,
palaver ,
prate ,
prattle ,
rant ,
rigamarole ,
rigmarole ,
rodomontade ,
rubbish ,
skimble -
skamble ,
stuff and nonsense ,
stultiloquence ,
trash ,
trumpery ,
twaddle ,
twattle ,
twiddle -
twaddle ,
vaporing ,
waffling
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