TRUMPERY - 11 definitions found
trumpery n 1: nonsensical talk or writing [syn: folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash, applesauce, codswallop] 2: ornamental objects of no great value [syn: folderal, falderol, frill, gimcrackery, gimcrack, nonsense, trumpery] trumpery 1456, "deceit, trickery," from M.Fr. tromperie, from tromper "to deceive," of uncertain origin. Spelling influenced by trump (v.). Meaning "showy but worthless finery" is first recorded 1610. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) trumpery noun Etymology: Middle English (Scots) trompery deceit, from Middle French, from tromper to deceive Date: 15th century 1. a. worthless nonsense b. trivial or useless articles ; junk <a wagon loaded with household trumpery — Washington Irving> 2. archaic tawdry finery • trumpery adjective Oxford English Reference Dictionary
English Explanatory Dictionary trumpery ˈtrʌmpərɪ n. & adj. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 a worthless finery. b a worthless article. 2 rubbish. --adj. 1 showy but worthless (trumpery jewels). 2 delusive, shallow (trumpery arguments). [ME f. OF tromperie f. tromper deceive] 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue TRUMPERY An old whore, or goods of no value; rubbish. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Trumpery \Trump"er*y\, n. [F. tromperie deceit, fr. tromper to deceive. See Trump to trick.] 1. Deceit; fraud. [Obs.] --Grenewey. 2. Something serving to deceive by false show or pretense; falsehood; deceit; worthless but showy matter; hence, things worn out and of no value; rubbish. The trumpery in my house, go bring it hither, for state to catch these thieves. --Shak. Upon the coming of Christ, very much, though not all, of this idolatrous trumpery and superstition was driven out of the world. --South. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Trumpery \Trump"er*y\, a. Worthless or deceptive in character. ``A trumpery little ring.'' --Thackeray. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms trumpery I. n. 1. Falsehood, deceit, imposture, humbug, deception. 2. Trash, rubbish, stuff, frippery, worthless finery, trifles. II. a. Worthless, good for nothing, trifling, trashy, rubbishy, pinchbeck. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 105 Moby Thesaurus words for "trumpery": absurdity, amphigory, babble, babblement, balderdash, base, bibble-babble, bilge, blabber, blather, bombast, bravery, bric-a-brac, bunkum, bushwa, chaff, cheesy, chicken feed, chickenshit, chiffon, claptrap, clinquant, common, details, double-talk, drivel, drool, festoons, fiddle-faddle, fiddledeedee, finery, flimflam, flummery, folderol, foofaraw, frilliness, frilling, frills, frills and furbelows, frippery, froth, froufrou, fudge, fuss, fustian, gabble, gaiety, galimatias, gammon, gaudery, gibber, gibberish, gibble-gabble, gilding, gilt, gimcrackery, gingerbread, gobbledygook, hocus-pocus, hokum, humbug, jabber, jargon, knickknackery, malarkey, mean, minutiae, mumbo jumbo, narrishkeit, niaiserie, nonsense, pack of nonsense, palaver, paltry, paste, peanuts, pinchbeck, poor, prate, prattle, rant, rigamarole, rigmarole, rodomontade, rubbish, rubbishy, shoddy, skimble-skamble, small beer, small change, stuff and nonsense, stultiloquence, superfluity, tinsel, trappings, trash, trashy, trickery, trifles, trivia, twaddle, twattle, twiddle-twaddle, vaporing, waffling |
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