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flummery (n.)
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.