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Noun: flummery  flú-mu-ree
  1. A bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal
    "Grandma's traditional flummery recipe was passed down through generations"
     
  2. Meaningless ceremonies and flattery
    "The diplomat grew tired of the flummery at formal state dinners";
    - mummery

Derived forms: flummeries

Type of: bunk [informal], hokum [informal], meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, pudding [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Flummery