sumpsimus
/suhmp-suh-muhs/US // ˈsʌmp sə məs //
归属感,归根结底,归属地,归宿
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural sump·si·mus·es for 2.
- : adherence to or persistence in using a strictly correct term, holding to a precise practice, etc., as a rejection of an erroneous but more common form.
- : a person who is obstinate or zealous about such strict correctness.
Examples
We are not going to change our old 'mumpsimus' for anybody's new 'sumpsimus.'
Sumpsimus, sump′si-mus, n. a correct expression displacing an incorrect but common one (see Mumpsimus).
On being remonstrated with, he retorted that “He would not leave his old mumpsimus for their new sumpsimus.”
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