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mumpsimus

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈmʌmpsɪməs/Part of speech nounSorted immmpssuuStarts with MEnds with S0 clues
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  1. a traditional notion that is obstinately held although it is unreasonable

Word origin

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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