sumpsimus

American  

[suhmp-suh-muhs] / ˈsʌmp sə məs /

noun

plural

sumpsimuses

1. adherence to or persistence in using a strictly correct term, holding to a precise practice, etc., as a rejection of an erroneous but more common form (mumpsimus ).

2. a person who is obstinate or zealous about such strict correctness (mumpsimus ).

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Etymology

Origin of sumpsimus

First recorded in 1540–50; mumpsimus

Example Sentences

And now let all defenders of present institutions, however bad they may be—let all violent supporters of their old mumpsimus against any new sumpsimus whatever, listen to a conversation among some undergraduates.

From Julian Home by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)

In the reign of Henry the Eighth, an old priest was found who for forty years had read the word sumpsimus in his breviary as mumpsimus.

From Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Holt, Emily Sarah

Hoc itaque in casu Sacerdos post haustum in prima Missa diligenter Sanguinem Domini, omissa consueta purificatione, patena calicem et palla patenam tegens ac super corporale relinquens dicet junctis manibus: Quod ore sumpsimus Domine, etc.

From Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, May 1865 by