sumpsimus 的定义
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.
更多sumpsimus例句
- 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.”