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Word "SUMPSIMUS" Definitions:

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a correct expression that takes the place of a popular but incorrect expression
Examples:
he preferred his erroneous but pleasing mumpsimus to the correct sumpsimus

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Taken from a Latin prayer, a term for the correct equivalent of an incorrect but popular expression The Times Specialist Sunday 07 Apr 2024
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