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 Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:17 am
bumptious • BUMP-shus • adjective
: presumptuously, obtusely, and often noisily self-assertive : obtrusive
Example Sentence:
"I wish the DJs on this station weren't so bumptious," said Andrea. "I'd prefer to just listen to the music."
Did you know?
Etymologists believe that "bumptious" was probably coined, perhaps playfully, from the noun "bump" plus "-tious." When "bumptious" was first used around 1800, it meant "self-conceited." Charles Dickens used it that way in David Copperfield: "His hair was very smooth and wavy; but I was informed . . . that it was a wig . . . and that he needn't be so 'bounceable' -- somebody else said 'bumptious' -- about it, because his own red hair was very plainly to be seen behind."
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Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 11:45 am
i always associated it with the image of a bumpkin
but they are country folk, and urbanites can clearly be bumptious too!~
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:27 am
They may be even more so. XD
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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 1:21 pm
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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 2:18 pm
In what time period was the word most popular/often used? Was it colloquial, only used by that certain author, or did it grow in popularity?
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