different between obstinately vs mumpsimus

English

Etymology

obstinate +? -ly

Adverb

obstinately (comparative more obstinately, superlative most obstinately)

1. In an obstinate manner.

   He obstinately made his motion at every meeting, even though no one else ever supported it and everyone else was bored with it.

Translations

English

Etymology

Malapropism of Latin sumpsimus, form of s?m? (“I take”), from a story of an old monk who misrecited the Eucharist with quod in ?re mumpsimus instead of quod in ?re sumpsimus “which we have taken into the mouth”, and stubbornly continued using the incorrect form even after being corrected. Attested 1530 in The Practice of Prelates by William Tyndale, variously attributed to Richard Pace (1517) or Desiderius Erasmus.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?mps?m?s/

Noun

mumpsimus (plural mumpsimuses)

1. A person who obstinately adheres to old ways in spite of clear evidence that they are wrong; an ignorant and bigoted opponent of reform.
2. An obvious error that is obstinately repeated despite correction.

Antonyms

• sumpsimus

See also

• Thesaurus:obstinacy

References