| 单词 | mumpsimus |
| 释义 | mumpsimus (once / 358161 pages) n WORD FAMILY mumpsimus 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) So the reformers who call it “mulligatunny” are just as bad as we devotees of mumpsimus and mulligatawny ourselves. Santiagoe, Daniel, The Curry Cook's Assistant—or, Curr...(2010) n a traditional notion that is obstinately held although it is unreasonable he still holds to the old mumpsimus that a woman's place is in the kitchen Hyper notion a general inclusive concept |
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