mummery

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French momerie, mommerie.

Noun

mummery (countable and uncountable, 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

mummer's performance

• Catalan: momeria (ca) f
• French: mommerie (fr)
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• Spanish: mojiganga (es) f

silly ceremony

• Spanish: mojiganga (es) f
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empty act

• Spanish: mojiganga (es) f
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