Bumptious

'bumptious' - about it, because his own red hair was very plainly to be seen behind. ❋ Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 (1917)

"Yes, sir," I returned proudly, for the word "bumptious" had a ring of importance in it, and I had every reason to believe that the Malcolms were persons of quite large importance. ❋ Nelson Lloyd (1903)

Smith was a young man of about twenty-eight, vain and no doubt somewhat "bumptious," and it is easy to believe that Wingfield and the others who felt his superior force and realized his experience, honestly suspected him of designs against the expedition. ❋ Charles Dudley Warner (1864)

Now was the time -- he had such confidence in the man, that the idea of getting him in for next race entirely changed the aspect of affairs to him, and made him feel as "bumptious" again as he had done in the morning. ❋ Thomas Hughes (1859)

Actually it sounds more like you and your management need to receive a MCP envelope. hit your regiment is, I cannot comment too much, except to note that if (when I was a soldier) some useless twát had got a course because I had to fill their slot on an exercise then a formal complaint would have gone in (maybe that's why my final CR as a soldier before I went to RMAS stated I was "bumptious" and "truculent"?) ❋ Unknown (2010)

On this mixtape, a teaser for his long-promised solo debut, Mouse flashes a roiling voice indebted to Juvenile and a knack for bumptious choruses - the hilarious "Alligator Humming Bird" is a marvel of drawling articulation. ❋ Post (2011)

Snappy dialogue, a rollicking storyline of love and piracy, and excellent supporting turns by Harlow, Beery, and Lewis Stone keep the bumptious "China Seas" afloat for the whole voyage. ❋ John Farr (2012)

His bumptious candor can be disarming, as when he explains what's being asked of Perry and Gail: "Are you as a couple, attracted to the idea of doing something ... dangerous for your country, for virtually no reward except what is loosely called the honour of it, on the clear understanding that if you ever bubble about it ... we'll hound you to the ends of the earth?" ❋ Dennis Drabelle (2010)

The children, two and four, were being their usual bumptious selves. ❋ Candace Walsh (2011)

Why you Elders of Sodom even waste your breath on such bumptious bluster, we really don't know! ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

A famous roué who played the violin, swilled whiskey, ran after women, and could charm even the most bumptious crowd of voters. ❋ Carolyn See (2010)

What you hear in the grandiose speeches of European leaders and the bumptious pronouncements of EU officials is precisely this: we have an ideal system which can guarantee infinite security and wellbeing, provided that everyone behaves in ways that are consistent with the rules of life as we describe them. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Its central figures—found here in the story "Lodestar"—include the bumptious entrepreneur van Rijn and his three-man "Trader Team" actually one man, one dragon-alien and one female felinoid alien. ❋ Tom Shippey (2011)

And you, Anonymouse, are a bumptious oaf, as arrogant as you are ignorant in your bluster. ❋ Hal Duncan (2010)

I seem so bumptious … But that night, in all its savage innocence, captured McGuigan at his most powerful as he briefly united Britain and Ireland. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Man, that girl in [physics] [class] today was being extremely [bumptious]. ❋ ChemAddict (2011)

[Damn girl], you are [bumptious]! Have you seen that new show with [Kim Kardashian]? She is [Bumptious]! ❋ The Wordsworth Of The New Age! (2019)

The [bumptious] [six year old] grabbed [the toy] from his little brother. ❋ Martleo (2009)

British [Colonel]: "In [the case] of a war, [Upper] Canada will fall to the bumptious Jonathan" ❋ British Loyalist (2008)

The [bumptious] sales lady wanted me to buy [stock], and when I said no she kept insisting with her gosh-darn [squeaky] voice. ❋ Nerdy P (2023)