/ ˈflʌməri; NAmE / noun
[ U ] nonsense, especially praise that is silly or not sincere :
She hated the flummery of public relations.
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent. (denoting a dish made with oatmeal or wheatmeal boiled to a jelly): from Welsh llymru ; perhaps related to llymrig soft, slippery.