\Flum"mer*y\, n. [W. llumru, or llumruwd, a kind of
food made of oatmeal steeped in water until it has turned
sour, fr. llumrig harsh, raw, crude, fr. llum sharp, severe.]
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.
2. Something insipid, or not worth having; empty compliment;
   trash; unsubstantial talk of writing.
         The flummery of modern criticism.     --J. Morley.