"flummadiddle" meaning in English

See flummadiddle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-flummadiddle.wav Forms: flummadiddles [plural]
Etymology: * Unknown; apparently from, or related to flummery. Compare -a-, diddle. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} flummadiddle (usually uncountable, plural flummadiddles)
  1. (US) A baked main course pudding consisting of stale bread, pork fat, molasses, and spices including cinnamon and allspice. It was a part of early American cuisine, especially in New England. Tags: US, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Foods
    Sense id: en-flummadiddle-en-noun-PjaJs6Hh Disambiguation of Foods: 75 2 23 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 1 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 1 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 62 1 37
  2. Something completely nonsensical or ridiculous. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-flummadiddle-en-noun-PDzE4ICR
  3. Cheap, worthless frills. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-flummadiddle-en-noun--Rexzojc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flumadiddle, flumdiddle, flummerdiddle, flummydiddle, fumadiddle

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "* Unknown; apparently from, or related to flummery. Compare -a-, diddle.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flummadiddles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "2": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "flummadiddle (usually uncountable, plural flummadiddles)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 1 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 1 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 1 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 2 23",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Foods",
          "orig": "en:Foods",
          "parents": [
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A baked main course pudding consisting of stale bread, pork fat, molasses, and spices including cinnamon and allspice. It was a part of early American cuisine, especially in New England."
      ],
      "id": "en-flummadiddle-en-noun-PjaJs6Hh",
      "links": [
        [
          "baked",
          "baked"
        ],
        [
          "main course",
          "main course"
        ],
        [
          "pudding",
          "pudding"
        ],
        [
          "stale",
          "stale"
        ],
        [
          "bread",
          "bread"
        ],
        [
          "pork",
          "pork"
        ],
        [
          "fat",
          "fat"
        ],
        [
          "molasses",
          "molasses"
        ],
        [
          "spices",
          "spices"
        ],
        [
          "cinnamon",
          "cinnamon"
        ],
        [
          "allspice",
          "allspice"
        ],
        [
          "American",
          "American"
        ],
        [
          "cuisine",
          "cuisine"
        ],
        [
          "New England",
          "New England"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US) A baked main course pudding consisting of stale bread, pork fat, molasses, and spices including cinnamon and allspice. It was a part of early American cuisine, especially in New England."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Something completely nonsensical or ridiculous."
      ],
      "id": "en-flummadiddle-en-noun-PDzE4ICR",
      "links": [
        [
          "nonsensical",
          "nonsensical"
        ],
        [
          "ridiculous",
          "ridiculous"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Cheap, worthless frills."
      ],
      "id": "en-flummadiddle-en-noun--Rexzojc",
      "links": [
        [
          "frill",
          "frill"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-flummadiddle.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-flummadiddle.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-flummadiddle.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-flummadiddle.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-flummadiddle.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "flumadiddle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "flumdiddle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "flummerdiddle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "flummydiddle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "fumadiddle"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flummadiddle"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Foods"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "* Unknown; apparently from, or related to flummery. Compare -a-, diddle.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flummadiddles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "2": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "flummadiddle (usually uncountable, plural flummadiddles)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A baked main course pudding consisting of stale bread, pork fat, molasses, and spices including cinnamon and allspice. It was a part of early American cuisine, especially in New England."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "baked",
          "baked"
        ],
        [
          "main course",
          "main course"
        ],
        [
          "pudding",
          "pudding"
        ],
        [
          "stale",
          "stale"
        ],
        [
          "bread",
          "bread"
        ],
        [
          "pork",
          "pork"
        ],
        [
          "fat",
          "fat"
        ],
        [
          "molasses",
          "molasses"
        ],
        [
          "spices",
          "spices"
        ],
        [
          "cinnamon",
          "cinnamon"
        ],
        [
          "allspice",
          "allspice"
        ],
        [
          "American",
          "American"
        ],
        [
          "cuisine",
          "cuisine"
        ],
        [
          "New England",
          "New England"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US) A baked main course pudding consisting of stale bread, pork fat, molasses, and spices including cinnamon and allspice. It was a part of early American cuisine, especially in New England."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Something completely nonsensical or ridiculous."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nonsensical",
          "nonsensical"
        ],
        [
          "ridiculous",
          "ridiculous"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Cheap, worthless frills."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "frill",
          "frill"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-flummadiddle.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-flummadiddle.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-flummadiddle.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-flummadiddle.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-flummadiddle.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "flumadiddle"
    },
    {
      "word": "flumdiddle"
    },
    {
      "word": "flummerdiddle"
    },
    {
      "word": "flummydiddle"
    },
    {
      "word": "fumadiddle"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flummadiddle"
}

Download raw JSONL data for flummadiddle meaning in English (2.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (bb46d54 and 0c3c9f6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.