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Word entry · 8 letters

flummery

Best crossword clue

"Empty flattery"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈflʌməɹi/Part of speech nounSorted eflmmruyStarts with FEnds with Y1 clues
1F2L3U4M5M6E7R8Y

Definitions

  1. meaningless ceremonies and flattery

Word origin

Borrowed from Welsh llymru (“a sour jelly derived from boiled oatmeal”), of uncertain origin, perhaps related to llymrig (“slippery”).

Used in a sentence

  • 1940, Rex Stout, Over My Dead Body "Pfui! This is flummery!"

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01Empty flattery8 letters

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