| 单词 | sumpsimus |
| 释义 | sumpsimus (once / 738707 pages) n WORD FAMILY sumpsimus USAGE EXAMPLESWe are not going to change our old 'mumpsimus' for anybody's new 'sumpsimus.' Birrell, Augustine, Res Judicat?—Papers and Essays(2011) Such a deliberate preference of “mumpsimus” to “sumpsimus” is by no means calculated to conciliate favour, or even to win respect. Burgon, John William, The Revision Revised(2011) On being remonstrated with, he retorted that “He would not leave his old mumpsimus for their new sumpsimus.” Holt, Emily Sarah, Robin Tremayne—A Story of the Mari...(2010) n a correct expression that takes the place of a popular but incorrect expression he preferred his erroneous but pleasing mumpsimus to the correct sumpsimus Hyper expression, locution, saying a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations |
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