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# mummery

noun (plural mummeries)

«mummery» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Mummery is a silly, pointless ritual or show, with too much pretence and fuss. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummery/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales a council or king holds a strange ceremony, and a character asks what it all means

### Examples

- "What is all this mummery?" asked the Councillor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummery/#x1)
- The old ritual was just mummery to him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummery/#x2)
- Stop the mummery and tell me the truth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummery/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; it names a ceremony, not an amount.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mummery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummery/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mummery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mummery.html) on Mova free.