sumpsimus / ˈsʌmp sə məs /

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sumpsimus 的定义

n. 名词 noun

plural sump·si·mus·es for 2.

  1. 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.
  2. a person who is obstinate or zealous about such strict correctness.

更多sumpsimus例句

  1. We are not going to change our old 'mumpsimus' for anybody's new 'sumpsimus.'
  2. Sumpsimus, sump′si-mus, n. a correct expression displacing an incorrect but common one (see Mumpsimus).
  3. On being remonstrated with, he retorted that “He would not leave his old mumpsimus for their new sumpsimus.”