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Meaning of "flummery" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FLUMMERY

From Welsh llymru.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FLUMMERY

flummery  [ˈflʌmərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLUMMERY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Flummery is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FLUMMERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

flummery

Flummery

Flummery is a starch-based sweet soft dessert pudding known to have been popular in Britain and Ireland from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries.

Definition of flummery in the English dictionary

The definition of flummery in the dictionary is meaningless flattery; nonsense. Other definition of flummery is a cold pudding of oatmeal, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FLUMMERY


armory
ˈɑːmərɪ
armoury
ˈɑːmərɪ
costumery
kɒˈstjuːmərɪ
creamery
ˈkriːmərɪ
customary
ˈkʌstəmərɪ
emery
ˈɛmərɪ
gendarmerie
ʒɒnˈdɑːmərɪ
infirmary
ɪnˈfɜːmərɪ
mammary
ˈmæmərɪ
memory
ˈmɛmərɪ
Montgomery
məntˈɡʌmərɪ
mummery
ˈmʌmərɪ
nummary
ˈnʌmərɪ
perfumery
pəˈfjuːmərɪ
plumbery
ˈplʌmərɪ
primary
ˈpraɪmərɪ
rosemary
ˈrəʊzmərɪ
shimmery
ˈʃɪmərɪ
summary
ˈsʌmərɪ
summery
ˈsʌmərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLUMMERY

fluish
fluke
flukey
flukier
flukiest
flukily
flukiness
fluky
flume
flummeries
flummox
flummoxed
flump
flung
flunitrazepam
flunk
flunker
flunkeydom
flunkeyish
flunkeyism

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLUMMERY

almery
bloomery
dreamery
farmery
flimflammery
gemmery
gendarmery
glimmery
gossamery
homeomery
homoeomery
pentamery
pleiomery
plumery
polymery
stemmery
wormery

Synonyms and antonyms of flummery in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «flummery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLUMMERY

Find out the translation of flummery to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of flummery from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flummery» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

布丁
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

flummery
570 millions of speakers

English

flummery
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

flummery
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الهراء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

flummery
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

creme de ovos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নীরস দ্রব্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

flummery
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Flummery
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

flummery
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フラマリー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

flummery
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Flummery
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

món ăn làm bằng sưa và trứng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

flummery
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्लुमिरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yaltaklanma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

flummery
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

flummery
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

flummery
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vorbe goale
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

flummery
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onzin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flummery
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flummery
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flummery

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLUMMERY»

The term «flummery» is normally little used and occupies the 128.309 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLUMMERY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «flummery» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «flummery» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about flummery

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLUMMERY»

Discover the use of flummery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flummery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hasty Pudding, Johnnycakes, and Other Good Stuff: Cooking in ...
BLUEBERRY. FLUMMERY. 6 servings You will need: 3 cups fresh blueberries 3/ 4 cup cold water 1 cup white sugar !/2 teaspoon salt 6 tablespoons corn- starch Equipment: measuring cups and spoons colander 3-quart saucepan with lid ...
Loretta Frances Ichord, 1998
2
A Flummery Of Food: Feasts and Epicures
Pieces chosen by Simon from the writings of such well-known authors as Charles Dickens, Herman Melville, Edward Lear, Evelyn Waugh, Mark Twain and Guy de Maupassant, and also includes items by Jean Anthelme Brillant-Savarin and other famous ...
‎2005
3
The London Art of Cookery, and Housekeeper's Complete ...
3 35 ' -5'0l0"n0n'.c Temple in Flummery. ' DIVIDE a quart of stist' flummery into three parts, and make one part a pretty pink colour witha little cochineal bruised fine, and steeped in French brandy. Scrape an ounce of chocolate very fine, ...
John Farley, 1800
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No Flummery: Recipes from Michael Lear
He describes himself as a jack of all trades but a master of none. He is a frustrated perfectionist.This is his first book and more than likely his last. Michael lives in the Cotswolds, near Chipping Norton.
Michael Lear, 2011
5
The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy: To which are Added ...
flummery. . BOIL half a pound of the shavings of hartshorn in three pints of water till it comes to a pint, then strain it through a sieve into a bason, and set it by to cool ; then set it over the fire, let it just melt, and put to it half a pint of thick cream,  ...
Hannah Glasse, Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress), 1774
6
The Experienced English House-keeper: For the Use and Ease ...
Take a deep China Dim, turn the Mould of a Half-moon, and seven Stars, with the bottom Side upward in the Dish, lay a Weight upon every Mould to keep them down, then make some Flummery, and fill your Dish with it; □when it is cold and  ...
Elizabeth Raffald, 1769
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The London Art of Cookery and Domestic Housekeepers' ...
Solomon's Temple in Flummery- Divide a quart of stiff-flummery into three parts, and make -one part a pretty pink colour with a little cochineal bruised fine, and steep it in French brandy. Scrape an ounce of chocolate very fine, dissolve it in a  ...
John Farley, 2008
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The Experienced English Housekeeper,: For the Use and Ease ...
To make aces and moon in FLUMMERY. , Take a pint of stiff flummery, and make part of it a pretty pink colour with the colouring for the flummery, dip a potting pot in cold water, and pour in red flummery the thickness of a crown piece, then the ...
Elizabeth Raffald, 1803
9
Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor
What were Sundries ? He insisted upon knowing. He objected in toto to the vagueness of such a definition, and certainly should not allow it to pass. Mrs. Flummery begged to explain. Sundries comprised an endless variety of small sums that it ...
Wayne E. Burton, 1868
10
The Cyclopaedia of Wit and Humor; Containing Choice and ...
What were Sundries ? He insisted upon knowing. He objected in toto to the vagueness of such a definition, and certainly should not allow it to pass. Mrs. Flummery begged to explain. Sundries comprised an endless variety of small sums that it ...
William Evans Burton, 1875

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLUMMERY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flummery is used in the context of the following news items.
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Food: The happiest of traditions
... her predecessor, Felicity): a hearty dinner of homemade bread and Swedish meatballs with potatoes, concluded with raspberry flummery. «CNN, Jul 15»
2
David Owen: 2005 - A Sports Odyssey - Insidethegames.biz
... experienced only from Singapore, serves to underline that sport, at its best, is not mere flummery, and that the fellow feelings it can engender ... «Insidethegames.biz, Jul 15»
3
SANDF internal deployment: Undesirable, possibly illegal
If this were to be legally acceptable, section 102(2) would in effect be no more than flummery with no discernible purpose. I would argue that for ... «Daily Maverick, Jul 15»
4
The Book Beat: Tale of female boxer packs a punch
It was thick as flummery; night soil and medicines and Ma's own flesh rotting from her frame. It crept warm in your nose and throat. You could ... «Terre Haute Tribune Star, Jul 15»
5
Have posh Catholics had their day?
I gather that he loathes his style of address – “Most Eminent Highness” – and the flummery that often goes with it (he dismissed the motorcycle ... «Catholic Herald Online, Jul 15»
6
London: the city that ate itself
His and his staff's livelihood, a piece of the area's social fabric and a shop that sells extremely good products without the flummery and expense ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
7
Alyce Faye Bragg Column: Summer's bountiful berries, heavenly fire …
We called it “blackberry flummery” and ate gallons of it. It was one of our favorite foods for breakfast. It has always been a source of pride to ... «Charleston Gazette, Jun 15»
8
No coincidence in royal funding row emerging as land reform unveiled
Perhaps the money diverted from royal flummery could be channelled into food banks or mitigating the bedroom tax or helping single parents ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 15»
9
We must remember those who suffered for our freedoms
I am left to wonder what motivates those who attire themselves in the flummery garb of the day. We must always remember those who suffered ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 15»
10
In case you missed it: Packed with clippings, recipe book stirs sweet …
That same page offers instructions for brown bread, for cucumber-chive sauce, for Oatmeal Flummery… Open the notebook at random and its ... «Press Herald, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Flummery [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/flummery>. May 2024 ».
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