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SUMPSIMUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A correct expression that takes the place of a popular but incorrect expression
Example:
he preferred his erroneous but pleasing mumpsimus to the correct sumpsimus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("sumpsimus" is a kind of...):
expression; locution; saying (a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations)
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