1620s, a type of coagulated food, from Welsh llymru "sour oatmeal jelly boiled with the husks," of uncertain origin. Later of a sweet dish in cookery (1747). Figurative use, of flattery, empty talk, is from 1740s.
实用例句
1. She hated the flummery of public relations.
她讨厌公关工作中的虚夸恭维。来自《权威词典》
2. Where was our great Island h! eritage portrayed in all this flummery?
