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sumpsimus en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

Antonyms

mumpsimus

Relateds

prescriptivist