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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
flummery /ˈflʌm(ə)ri/

▶noun (pl. flummeries)

1 empty compliments; nonsense.

2 a sweet dish made with beaten eggs and sugar.

– origin C17: from Welsh llymru; perh. rel. to llymrig ‘soft, slippery’.

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