of no genuine value; worthless
nonsense; deception, fraud; something of no value; worthless finery
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Trumpery Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
Something serving to deceive by false show or pretense; falsehood; deceit; worthless but showy matter; hence, things worn out and of no value; rubbish.
Something serving to deceive by false show or pretense; falsehood; deceit; worthless but showy matter; hence, things worn out and of no value; rubbish.
(n.)
Deceit; fraud.
Deceit; fraud.
(a.)
Worthless or deceptive in character.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutWorthless or deceptive in character.
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. upon the coming of christ, very much, though not all, of this idolatrous trumpery and superstition was driven out of the world.
trumpery
\trump"er*y\, a. worthless or deceptive in character. "a trumpery little ring."
trumpery
adj : gaudy and showy but valueless; "trumpery ornaments" [syn: tinsel]
n
1. nonsensical talk or writing [syn: folderol, rubbish, tripe, trash, wish-wash, applesauce, codswallop]
2. ornamental objects of no great value [syn: falderal, folderol, frills, gimcrackery, gimcracks, nonsense]
Noun
1. nonsensical talk or writing
(synonym) folderol, rubbish, tripe, trash, wish-wash, applesauce, codswallop
(hypernym) drivel, garbage
(classification) cant, jargon, slang, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
2. ornamental objects of no great value
(synonym) falderal, folderol, frills, gimcrackery, gimcracks, nonsense
(hypernym) decoration, ornament, ornamentation
