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SUMPSIMUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sumpsimus mean?
• SUMPSIMUS (noun)
The noun SUMPSIMUS has 1 sense:
1. a correct expression that takes the place of a popular but incorrect expression
Familiarity information: SUMPSIMUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A correct expression that takes the place of a popular but incorrect expression
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
he preferred his erroneous but pleasing mumpsimus to the correct sumpsimus
Hypernyms ("sumpsimus" is a kind of...):
expression; locution; saying (a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations)
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