单词 | bumptious |
释义 | bumptiousadj. Irritatingly self-assertive or conceited. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [adjective] crousea1400 crank1499 cockish1551 forward1561 forthyc1565 forthputting?1577 perching1579 perk1579 perking?1584 officious1596 pratchant1596 putting-forth1621 obtrusive1652 petulcous1661 pushing1682 coxy1728 cocky1768 bumptious1801 furthy1808 upsetting1817 perky1820 self-asserting1821 protrusive1841 self-assertive1849 aggressive1855 self-assertory1867 perkisha1870 pushful1871 pushy1874 forritsome1894 chesty1900 1801 F. Burney Let. 1 Sept. in Jrnls. & Lett. (1973) IV. 503 I must tell them, as you do me, not to be bumptious! 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 36 The bumptious serjeant struts before his men..And look as big as if King George himsen. 1857 J. C. Maxwell Let. 22 Dec. in L. Campbell & W. Garnett Life J. C. Maxwell (1882) x. 295 Buckle's History of Civilisation—a bumptious book, strong positivism, emancipation from exploded notions, and that style of thing. 1929 Travel Jan. 50/2 That eternal scapegrace of the humorous writer, the ill-bred and bumptious rich American tourist. 1968 G. Daws Shoal of Time iv. 149 Lathrop and his fellow conspirator, the lawyer J. D. Blair, continued to be bumptious. 2011 Daily Tel. 18 Nov. 29/3 The bumptious lawyers and trade union hacks who are so generously represented in our own legislature. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1801 |
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