单词 | sumpsimus |
释义 | sumpsimusn. Now historical. A correct expression, notion, or custom which replaces one that is incorrect but popular or traditional. Contrasted with mumpsimus (see mumpsimus n. 2, and discussion in the etymology section at that entry). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > instance of > a correction taking the place of an error sumpsimus1545 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] > correct expression sumpsimus1545 1545 W. Turner Rescuynge of Romishe Fox sig. Gviijviij They that in Englond had leuer eat accornes then good wheat brede & wil not change theyr olde mumpsimus with the new sumpsimus thynk that ye ar the greatest clerk in Englond. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cclxjv Some be to stiffe in their old Mumpsimus, other be to busy and curious, in their newe Sumpsimus. 1653 Z. Bogan Medit. Mirth Christian Life 124 One that hath been long in another way..will not easily be brought to change his old mumsimus (as they say) for a new sumpsimus. 1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism Introd. 34 The insufficiency and inaptitude of the old mumpsimus, on the back of which they thus clap this their new sumpsimus. 1882 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 372 Did they want a correct sumpsimus, or their erroneous but pleasing mumpsimus? 2018 @BeardyHowse 4 Aug. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Always had a soft spot for the man who stuck to Mumpsimus. It was everything that went with the new Sumpsimus that was the trouble. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1545 |
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