Meanings
nounsumpsimus (countable and uncountable, plural sumpsimuses)
plural sumpsimuses
- countableuncountableAdherence 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.)1 more example
Some be too stiff in their old mumpsimus, others be too busy and curious in their sumpsimus.
1545, Henry VIII of England, a speech - countableuncountableA person obstinate or zealous about such correctness; a pedant.
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Origin
- Latinsumpsimus
- Englishsumpsimus
From Latin sumpsimus, c. 1540–50. See mumpsimus for details.
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