Flŭm'mer-y, n.

n. [W. llymry, llymra, or llymruwed, a kind of food made of oatmeal steeped in water until it has turned sour, which is then strained and boiled to a proper thickness, to be eaten with milk or other liquid; from llymr, that is, of a harsh, raw, or crude quality, llymrig, harsh, raw, crude, from llym, sharp, severe.]

1Sense 1. A light kind of food, formerly made of flour or meal; a sort of pap.

Milk and flummery are very fit for children. Locke.

2Sense 2. Something insipid, or not worth having; empty compliment; mere flattery; nonsense.