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Mummery
Meaning
Noun
●
Mumming;
disguising
oneself
to
perform
as a
mummer
, or to
take part
in some other
festivities
or
perform
ance.
●
A
ridiculous
or
ostentatious
ceremony
, formerly especially of a
religious
nature
;
extravagant
or
hypocritical
performance.
Sourced from
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Origin
mummery
English
momerie
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Bastardry
Courtly
Japery
Charlatanry
Subterfuge
Treachery
Psychodrama
Lechery
Artifice
Charlatanism
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