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- Latin · derived fromsumpsimus
- English todaysumpsimus
From Latin sumpsimus, c. 1540–50. See mumpsimus for details.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
sumpsimus
Today it means: Adherence to or persistence in using a strictly correct term in rejection of a more common (but technically incorrect) form. Full definition →
Latin sumpsimus