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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. [ 1913 Webster] Milk and flummery are very fit for children. -- Locke. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Something insipid, or not worth having; empty compliment; trash; unsubstantial talk of writing. [ 1913 Webster] The flummery of modern criticism. -- J. Morley. [ 1913 Webster]
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}.] [ 1913 Webster] 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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