different between sumpsimus vs mumpsimus

English

Etymology

From Latin sumpsimus, c. 1540–50

Noun

sumpsimus

1. Adherence to or persistence in using a strictly correct term in rejection of a more common (but technically incorrect) form.
   • c. 1575, Edward Underhill, Autobiography, John Nichols (ed.)

     I'll not change my old mumpsimus for your new sumpsimus!

   • 1545, {{|Henry VIII of England}}, a speech

     Some be too stiff in their old mumpsimus, others be too busy and curious in their sumpsimus.

2. A person obstinate or zealous about such correctness; a pedant.

Antonyms

• mumpsimus

See also

• prescriptivist

Latin

Verb

s?mpsimus

1. first-person plural perfect active indicative of s?m?

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