sumpsimus
Meaning
Noun
- Adherence to or persistence in using a strictly correct term in rejection of a more common (but technically incorrect) form.
- A person obstinate or zealous about such correctness; a pedant.
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Origin
- From Latin sumpsimus, c. 1540–50
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