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sumpsimus
[ suhmp-suh-muhs ]
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sumpsimus1
First recorded in 1540–50; mumpsimus
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Example Sentences
We are not going to change our old 'mumpsimus' for anybody's new 'sumpsimus.'
From Project Gutenberg
Sumpsimus, sump′si-mus, n. a correct expression displacing an incorrect but common one (see Mumpsimus).
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On being remonstrated with, he retorted that “He would not leave his old mumpsimus for their new sumpsimus.”
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