assumptive

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English[edit]

Adjective[edit]

assumptive (comparative more assumptive, superlative most assumptive)

  1. Held as true or valid without evidence.
  2. Forward or presumptuous.
  3. (heraldry, of arms, not comparable) Originally, being arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ c. 1895, Henry Percy Smith, A Dictionary of Terms, Phrases, and Quotations

Latin[edit]

Adjective[edit]

assūmptīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of assūmptīvus