Mumpsimus

Word MUMPSIMUS
Character 9
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈmʌmpsɪməs/

Definitions and meanings of "Mumpsimus"

What do we mean by mumpsimus?

A person who obstinately adheres to old ways in spite of clear evidence that they are wrong; an ignorant and bigoted opponent of reform.

An obvious error that is obstinately repeated despite correction.

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The word "mumpsimus" in example sentences

On August 18, 2003, I wrote the first post of this blog, a definition of the word "mumpsimus". ❋ Unknown (2008)

*Pronunciation is another thing entirely; I have discovered over the past few years that, despite its phoneticity, actually saying the word "mumpsimus" is quite difficult for most people. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I Googled "mumpsimus" after reading this story b/c I thought it'd be a better name for my blog than "farragos". ❋ Unknown (2006)

"But Edward is a hotter little reformist than Elizabeth, who abides strictly by her father's middle way and says'taking Henry's words from his last speech to Parliament'that she will be neither 'mumpsimus' nor 'sumpsimus' but worship God without argument." ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (2005)

I also hoped the title might cause some people to look up and thinking about the definition of the word "mumpsimus", the choice of which was a coy way for me to try to avoid all presumptions of accuracy from the get-go. ❋ Unknown (2004)

His {565} own anecdote of the old priest who, having the misprint "mumpsimus" for ❋ Preserved Smith (1910)

Although "mumpsimus" is the very motto for the Russian schismatics, and although ignorance and superstition were the root of the matter, they combined with a dread of arbitrary change by an arbitrary power, and supplied a basis for resistance to Erastianism and the fusion of Church and State. ❋ John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton (1868)

It was scarcely to be expected that the passions of James's age would allow of this wise distinction between Papists, the intriguing restless partizans of a foreign potentate, and simple Roman-Catholics, who preferred the 'mumpsimus' of their grandsires to the corrected ❋ Henry Nelson Coleridge (1820)

The bishops and other church dignitaries tried for a while to renew the old king-godding 'mumpsimus'; but the second Charles laughed at them, and they quarrelled with his successor, and hated the hero who delivered them from him too thoroughly to have flattered him with any unction, even if William's Dutch phlegm had not precluded the attempt by making its failure certain. ❋ Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1803)

I mentioned a few months ago that I'd taken the mumpsimus at gmail address off the site for a bit while I weeded it of spam sent through from some old addresses that were forwarding to it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I have finally made my way through the 3,000 emails that had accumulated in the mumpsimus at gmail account during my absence from checking it. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I haven't checked my mumpsimus at gmail account since putting everything on hold here, and I expect there are thousands of messages to sort through. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Gwenda Bond just sent me a news item about the Montana state spelling bee, which was won after 41 rounds with the winner correctly spelling the word mumpsimus. ❋ Unknown (2006)

On the other sites that is; certainly not a criticism anyone could make of mumpsimus. ❋ Unknown (2006)

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