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sumpsimus

sumpsimus noun: adherence to or persistence in using a strictly correct term in rejection of a more common (but technically incorrect) form.

Noun

sumpsimus (countable and uncountable, plural sumpsimuses)

  1. Adherence to or persistence in using a strictly correct term in rejection of a more common (but technically incorrect) form.
    • I'll not change my old mumpsimus for your new sumpsimus!c. 1575, Edward Underhill, Autobiography, John Nichols (ed.)
    • Some be too stiff in their old mumpsimus, others be too busy and curious in their sumpsimus.1545, Henry VIII of England, a speech
  2. A person obstinate or zealous about such correctness; a pedant.

Antonyms of sumpsimus

Forms of sumpsimus

pluralsumpsimuses

Origin of sumpsimus

From Latin sumpsimus, c. 1540–50. See mumpsimus for details.

Questions about sumpsimus

What does sumpsimus mean?
Sumpsimus means adherence to or persistence in using a strictly correct term in rejection of a more common (but technically incorrect) form.
What part of speech is sumpsimus?
Sumpsimus is a noun.
What is the plural of sumpsimus?
The plural of sumpsimus is sumpsimuses.

Words near sumpsimus in the dictionary

  1. sumpless
  2. sumplike
  3. sumpman
  4. sumpmen
  5. sumps
  6. sumpsimus
  7. sumpsimuses
  8. sumpter
  9. sumpter horse
  10. sumpter horses
  11. sumpters

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