Usually means: Nonsense; empty compliments; also dessert.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word flummery:

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  1. flummery: Merriam-Webster
  2. flummery: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. flummery: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. flummery: Collins English Dictionary
  5. flummery: Vocabulary.com
  6. Flummery, flummery: Wordnik
  7. flummery: Wiktionary
  8. flummery: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. flummery: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. flummery: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Flummery, flummery: Dictionary.com
  12. Flummery: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Flummery: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. flummery: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. flummery: Rhymezone
  16. Flummery: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. flummery: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. FLUMMERY: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  19. Flummery: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  20. flummery: FreeDictionary.org
  21. flummery: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. flummery: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. flummery: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. flummery: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See flummeries as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (flummery)

noun:  A custard; any of several bland, gelatinous foodstuffs, usually made from stewed fruit and thickened with oatmeal, cornstarch or flour.
noun:  (historical, specifically) A slightly tart, jelly-like food of Welsh origin, made from extensively boiling oats, then boiling down the liquid extracted from it.
noun:  Empty or meaningless talk, especially when used to flatter.
noun:  Pretentious trappings, useless ornaments used to impress.
noun:  Deceptive or blustering speech.

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