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sumpsimuses

sumpsimuses is the plural of sumpsimus.

Meaning of sumpsimus

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.)
  2. A person obstinate or zealous about such correctness; a pedant.

Questions about sumpsimuses

What is sumpsimuses the plural of?
Sumpsimuses is the plural of sumpsimus.

Words near sumpsimuses in the dictionary

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

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