sumpsimus

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sumpsimus, c. 1540–50

Noun

sumpsimus

1. Adherence to or persistence in using a strictly correct term in rejection of a more common (but technically incorrect) form.
   • John Nichols (ed.), "Autobiography of Edward Underhill"

     I'll not change my old mumpsimus for your new sumpsimus!

   • Henry VIII

     Some be too stiff in their old mumpsimus, others be too busy and curious in their sumpsimus.

2. A person obstinate or zealous about such correctness; a pedant.

Antonyms

• mumpsimus

See also

• prescriptivist

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) sūmpsimus

1. first-person plural perfect active indicative of sūmō