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Webster 1913 Edition

Mummery

Mum′mer-y

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Mummeries
(#)
.
[F.
momerie
, of Dutch or German origin. See
Mumm
.]
1.
Masking; frolic in disguise; buffoonery.
The
mummery
of foreign strollers.
Fenton.
2.
Farcical show; hypocritical disguise and parade or ceremonies.
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mummery

MUM'MERY

,
Noun.
An entertainment or frolick in masks; a farcical entertainment in which masked persons play antic tricks.

Definition 2024

mummery

mummery

English

Noun

mummery ‎(plural mummeries)

  1. merrymaking; the performance of a mummer
    • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
      I say the sewer thought I was dressed to bear a part in the tregetour’s mummery, and so I got admission
  2. a ridiculous or ostentatious ceremony, especially of a religious nature
    • 1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation
      Why, you unweaned cub, he believes in that mummery a good deal less than I do, and I don't believe in it at all.
  3. a showy but empty performance

Translations

Etymology

From Old French momerie, mommerie.

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