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[elisi]

trumpery
ˈtrʌmp(ə)ri/
archaic

noun
noun: trumpery; plural noun: trumperies

1.
attractive articles of little value or use.
"None of your woollen drapery, nor linen drapery, nor any of your frippery or trumpery. I hate ostentation"

synonyms: trinkets, baubles, cheap finery, knick-knacks, ornaments, bibelots, gewgaws, gimcracks
"tables piled with all sorts of trumpery"

- practices or beliefs that are superficially or visually appealing but have little real value or worth.
"he exposed their ideals as trumpery"

adjective
adjective: trumpery

1.
showy but worthless.
"trumpery jewellery"
- delusive or shallow.
"that trumpery hope which lets us dupe ourselves"

Origin
late Middle English (denoting trickery): from Old French tromperie, from tromper ‘deceive’.

Comments

[promethia_tenk]

You know, I'm pretty sure I'd heard that one before. Love it.

[frenchani.livejournal.com]

BTW the words (noun and verb)still exist in modern French.

[enevarim]

Or, in a more high-falutin’ version of the same vein, trompe l'œil, the flat painted surfaces that can give the illusion of infinite vistas until you get up close.

And didn’t Six have a lovely bombastic speech somewhere in Trial of a Time Lord about the shadow, not the substance?

[sea_thoughts]

In French, the verb 'tromper' means to mislead, cheat, deceive, swindle or to deceive, delude, double-cross.

[geekslave.livejournal.com]

Awesome! So very, very accurate!

Stacey

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Perfect. :D

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

Oh my goodness, that's so accurate!!!