See Also: chirology(medicine)
chirology(dictionary)

flummery (iou) and chirology (iou)


flummery (iou)



flummery noun. E17.
[Welsh llymru, perh. rel. to llymrig bare, soft, slippery.]
A dish made with boiled, jellied oat- or wheatmeal. E17.
b. Any of various sweet dishes made with milk, flour, eggs, gelatin, etc. L17.
Flattery, empty compliment; nonsense, humbug. M18.
Thackeray These petitioners..begin with a fine flummery about the..eminent genius of the person whom they are addressing.
b. collect. Trifles, useless trappings or ornaments. L19.
A. Fraser Even the celebration of Christmas was denounced as being a piece of Popish flummery.

chirology (iou)



chirology noun. Also cheirology. M17.
[(French chirologie,) formed as CHIRO- + -LOGY.]
The use of manual Sign Language. M-L17.
The branch of knowledge that deals with the hand. L19.
chiro'logical adjective of or pertaining to chirology (sense 2) M19.
chirologist noun a person who makes the hand a subject of study M19.