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1JGL53
trumpery (truhm-puh-ree):
noun, plural trumperies.
1. something without use or value; rubbish; trash; worthless stuff.
2. nonsense; twaddle: E.g., "His usual conversation is pure trumpery."
3. Archaic. worthless finery.
adjective
4. of little or no value; trifling, worthless; rubbishy; trashy.
Origin of trumpery - late Middle English, Middle French
1425-75; late Middle English trompery deceit - Middle French tromperie, equivalent to tromp(er) to deceive + -erie -ery
British Dictionary definitions for trumpery (ˈtrʌmpərɪ)
noun (pl) -eries
1. foolish talk or actions
2. useless or worthless article; trinket
adjective
3. useless or worthless
noun, plural trumperies.
1. something without use or value; rubbish; trash; worthless stuff.
2. nonsense; twaddle: E.g., "His usual conversation is pure trumpery."
3. Archaic. worthless finery.
adjective
4. of little or no value; trifling, worthless; rubbishy; trashy.
Origin of trumpery - late Middle English, Middle French
1425-75; late Middle English trompery deceit - Middle French tromperie, equivalent to tromp(er) to deceive + -erie -ery
British Dictionary definitions for trumpery (ˈtrʌmpərɪ)
noun (pl) -eries
1. foolish talk or actions
2. useless or worthless article; trinket
adjective
3. useless or worthless
2dypaloh
I came across “trumpery” while reading the novel What’s Bred in the Bone by Robertson Davies (published in 1985) and just had to look it up. Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (11th edition) has as its first definition “worthless nonsense.”
I’m working up a review of that novel to post here at LT that pretty much begins with mention of this surprising word.
I’m working up a review of that novel to post here at LT that pretty much begins with mention of this surprising word.
