sumpsimus
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin sumpsimus, c. 1540–50.
Noun
editsumpsimus (countable and uncountable, plural sumpsimuses)
- Adherence to or persistence in using a strictly correct term in rejection of a more common (but technically incorrect) form.
- c. 1575, Edward Underhill, Autobiography, John Nichols (ed.)
- I'll not change my old mumpsimus for your new sumpsimus!
- 1545, Henry VIII of England, a speech:
- Some be too stiff in their old mumpsimus, others be too busy and curious in their sumpsimus.
- c. 1575, Edward Underhill, Autobiography, John Nichols (ed.)
- A person obstinate or zealous about such correctness; a pedant.
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editLatin
editVerb
editsūmpsimus