sumpsimus
(noun)
noun
1. a correct expression that takes the place of a popular but incorrect expression
- he preferred his erroneous but pleasing mumpsimus to the correct sumpsimus
Definition categories: communication, expression, locution, saying
Sentences with sumpsimus as a noun:
- I'll not change my old mumpsimus for your new sumpsimus! — John Nichols (ed.), "Autobiography of Edward Underhill"Some be too stiff in their old mumpsimus, others be too busy and curious in their sumpsimus. — Henry VIII