noun
mumpsimus
Mumpsimus (noun) means someone who stubbornly keeps doing things the old way, even when shown proof that it is wrong.
noun
1
Someone who stubbornly keeps doing things the old way, even when shown proof that it is wrong.
2
A clear mistake that keeps being made even after someone has pointed it out.
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Etymology
Malapropism of Latin sumpsimus, form of sūmō (“to take”), from a story of an old monk who misrecited the Eucharist with quod in ōre mumpsimus instead of quod in ōre 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.
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What is the meaning of mumpsimus?
"mumpsimus" (noun) means someone who stubbornly keeps doing things the old way, even when shown proof that it is wrong.
What are the different meanings of mumpsimus?
"mumpsimus" has 2 main meanings: 1. Someone who stubbornly keeps doing things the old way, even when shown proof that it is wrong; 2. A clear mistake that keeps being made even after someone has pointed it out.
