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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mump•si•mus (mump′sə məs),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mus•es for 2.- adherence to or persistence in an erroneous use of language, memorization, practice, belief, etc., out of habit or obstinacy (opposed to sumpsimus).
- a person who persists in a mistaken expression or practice (opposed to sumpsimus).
- 1520–30; from a story, which perh. originated with Erasmus, of an illiterate priest who said mumpsimus rather than sūmpsimus (1st plural perfect indicative of Latin sūmere to pick up; see consume) while reciting the liturgy, and refused to change the word when corrected
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