slovodefinícia
flummery
(mass)
flummery
- nezmysel
flummery
(encz)
flummery,balamucení n: Zdeněk Brož
flummery
(encz)
flummery,nesmysl Zdeněk Brož
Flummery
(gcide)
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]
flummery
(gcide)
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]
flummery
(wn)
flummery
n 1: a bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal
2: meaningless ceremonies and flattery [syn: mummery,
flummery]
podobné slovodefinícia
flummery
(mass)
flummery
- nezmysel
flummery
(encz)
flummery,balamucení n: Zdeněk Brožflummery,nesmysl Zdeněk Brož
flummery
(gcide)
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]
flummery
(wn)
flummery
n 1: a bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal
2: meaningless ceremonies and flattery [syn: mummery,
flummery]

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