Mummery

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mummery \Mum"mer*y\, n.; pl. {Mummeries}. [F. momerie, of Dutch
     or German origin. See {Mumm}.]
     1. Masking; frolic in disguise; buffoonery.
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              The mummery of foreign strollers.     --Fenton.


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     2. Farcical show; hypocritical disguise and parade or
        ceremonies. --Bacon.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mummery
       n : meaningless ceremonies and flattery [syn: {flummery}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  113 Moby Thesaurus words for "mummery":
     Pecksniffery, Tartuffery, Tartuffism, abracadabra, acting,
     affectation, baccalaureate service, buffoonery, business,
     camouflage, cant, celebration, ceremonial, ceremony,
     characterization, commencement, convocation, disguise, domino,
     empty formality, empty gesture, exercise, exercises, false colors,
     false face, false front, false piety, falseness, formal, formality,
     function, gag, goody-goodiness, graduation, graduation exercises,
     ham, hammy acting, hocus-pocus, hoke, hokum, hypocrisy,
     hypocriticalness, impersonation, inaugural, inauguration,
     incognito, initiation, insincerity, lip service, liturgy, mask,
     masque, masquerade, mealymouthedness, mimesis, mimicking, mimicry,
     miming, mouthing, mumbo-jumbo, observance, office, oiliness,
     ostentatious devotion, overacting, pantomiming, patter,
     performance, performing, personation, pharisaicalness, pharisaism,
     pietism, pietisticalness, piety, piousness, playacting, playing,
     portrayal, projection, protective coloration, religionism,
     religiosity, religious ceremony, representation, rite,
     rite de passage, rite of passage, ritual, sanctimoniousness,
     sanctimony, self-righteousness, service, slapstick, smoke screen,
     snivel, snuffle, snuffling, soft soap, solemnity, solemnization,
     stage business, stage directions, stage presence, stunt,
     sweet talk, taking a role, tokenism, unction, unctuousness, visor,
     vizard, vizard mask