Definitions for mumpsimus

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mumpsimus mump·si·mus

Spelling: [muhmp-suh-muh s]

IPA: /ˈmʌmp sə məs/

Mumpsimus is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 103 anagrams from letters in mumpsimus (immmpssuu).

Definitions for mumpsimus

noun

1. adherence to or persistence in an erroneous use of language, memorization, practice, belief, etc., out of habit or obstinacy (opposed to sumpsimus).
2. a person who persists in a mistaken expression or practice (opposed to sumpsimus).

Origin of mumpsimus

1520-30; from a story, which perhaps originated with Erasmus, of an illiterate priest who said mumpsimus rather than sūmpsimus (1st plural perfect indicative of Latin sūmere to pick up; see <

Examples for mumpsimus

We are not going to change our old 'mumpsimus' for anybody's new 'sumpsimus.'

mumpsimus, mump′si-mus, n. an error to which one clings after it has been thoroughly exposed.

Mr. Beckford called the beast, or reptile, a mumpsimus (sic).