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To: epicure who wrote (227290)

7/5/2013 1:44:30 PM

From: Sam

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mump·si·mus [muhmp-suh-muhs] Show IPA

noun, plural mump·si·mus·es for 2.
1.
adherence to or persistence in an erroneous use of language, memorization, practice, belief, etc., out of habit or obstinacy (opposed to sumpsimus ).

2.
a person who persists in a mistaken expression or practice (opposed to sumpsimus ).

Origin:
1520–30; from a story, which perhaps originated with Erasmus, of an illiterate priest who said mumpsimus rather than sumpsimus (1st plural perfect indicative of Latin sumere to pick up; see consume) while reciting the liturgy, and refused to change the word when corrected

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mumpsimus
Syllabification: (mump·si·mus)
Pronunciation: /'m?mpsim?s/

Definition of mumpsimus
noun (plural mumpsimuses)
a traditional custom or notion adhered to although shown to be unreasonable.

a person who obstinately adheres to unreasonable customs or notions.

Origin: mid 16th century: erroneously for Latin sumpsimus in quod in ore sumpsimus 'which we have taken into the mouth' (Eucharist), in a story of an illiterate priest who, when corrected, replied “I will not change my old mumpsimus for your new sumpsimus.”

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Noun

mumpsimus - 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"

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