'Flummery' definitions:

Definition of 'flummery'

From: WordNet
noun
A bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal
noun
Meaningless ceremonies and flattery [syn: mummery, flummery]

Definition of 'Flummery'

From: 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]

Definition of 'flummery'

From: 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]