This week’s theme
Miscellaneous words

This week’s words
vulnerary
soporific
mummery
intransigence
diffidence

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PRONUNCIATION:

(MUHM-uh-ree)

MEANING:

noun: An absurd, pretentious, or hypocritical performance.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Middle French momerie (masquerade), from Old French mommer (to mum or to pantomime). Earliest documented use: 1465.

USAGE:

“To crown this scene of farce and mummery, a clergyman is mounted in their pulpit to harangue them on the blessings of independence.”
Danielle Allen; A Forgotten Founder; The Atlantic (Boston, Massachusetts); Mar 2021.

See more usage examples of mummery in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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