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SUMPSIMUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sumpsimus mean? 

SUMPSIMUS (noun)
  The noun SUMPSIMUS has 1 sense:

1. a correct expression that takes the place of a popular but incorrect expressionplay

  Familiarity information: SUMPSIMUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SUMPSIMUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A correct expression that takes the place of a popular but incorrect expression

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

he preferred his erroneous but pleasing mumpsimus to the correct sumpsimus

Hypernyms ("sumpsimus" is a kind of...):

expression; locution; saying (a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations)


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