Noun: flummery flú-mu-ree
- A bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal
"Grandma's traditional flummery recipe was passed down through generations"
- 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