Sumpsimus

Synonyms for "sumpsimus" (7 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
conservative grammarianerror

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
incorrect formlinguistic purist

Related words (3)

Noun(3 words)
misusagepedantwrong usage

Related word relations

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More general

5 entries
expressionlinguistic phenomenonlocutionpersonsaying

More specific

6 entries
archaic formconservative grammarianlinguistic puristpedantic speakerpersisted false formpopularized error

Collocations

6 entries
archaic formconventional errorlearned errorlinguistic phenomenonpedantic usagestubborn adherence

Inflections

2 entries

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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

Source: wiktionary

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

Source: wiktionary

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