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bumptiousnesses

bumptiousnesses is the plural of bumptiousness.

Meaning of bumptiousness

Noun

bumptiousness (usually uncountable, plural bumptiousnesses)

  1. (usually) The state of being bumptious; conceitedness.
    • Gerald's special mixture of laziness and ambition seemed to crystallize under the camera into brutal bumptiousness.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 13, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN

Questions about bumptiousnesses

What is bumptiousnesses the plural of?
Bumptiousnesses is the plural of bumptiousness.

Words near bumptiousnesses in the dictionary

  1. bumpstock
  2. bumpstocks
  3. bumptious
  4. bumptiously
  5. bumptiousness
  6. bumptiousnesses
  7. bumpy
  8. bumpy pavement
  9. bumpy pavements
  10. bumrush
  11. bumrushed

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