flummery

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A noun referring to empty or meaningless flattery, nonsense, or pretentious talk; also historically a type of sweet, bland pudding.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa conversa vazia, bajulação sem sentido ou tolice pretensiosa; historicamente, também se refere a um tipo de pudim doce e leve feito com farinha ou amido.

1. Nonsense or empty talk C2 informal british

   Meaningless or flattering talk; nonsense.

   • His speech was full of flummery and no substance.
   • Don't listen to that flummery; it's just empty promises.
   • The article was dismissed as pure flummery by critics.

   🇵🇹Conversa fiada

   Sinônimos: balderdashblatherbuncombebunkclaptrapdrivelgibberishhogwashnonsensepoppycockrubbishtwaddle

   Antônimos: factrealitysensesubstancetruth

2. Sweet dish C2 formal british

   A soft, sweet, and often bland dessert made from milk, eggs, and sugar, sometimes with fruit.

   • The chef prepared a traditional flummery with berries.
   • Flummery was a popular dessert in Victorian England.
   • She served a delicate flummery topped with cream.

   🇵🇹Sobremesa doce

   Sinônimos: blancmangecustardmoussepudding

• flummeries plural form
• flummeries' possessive plural form
• flummery's possessive singular form