Babbitt was a selfish, bumptious, small-souled provincial (Newsweek).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
bump´tious|ly — bump|tious «BUHMP shuhs», adjective. unpleasantly forward or conceited; arrogant and quarrelsome: »Babbitt was a selfish, bumptious, small souled provincial (Newsweek). ╂[probably < bump, perhaps patterned on obsolete presumptious]… … Useful english dictionary
bump´tious|ness — bump|tious «BUHMP shuhs», adjective. unpleasantly forward or conceited; arrogant and quarrelsome: »Babbitt was a selfish, bumptious, small souled provincial (Newsweek). ╂[probably < bump, perhaps patterned on obsolete presumptious]… … Useful english dictionary
bump·tious — … Useful english dictionary
bump — bump; bump·i·ly; bump·i·ness; bump·kin·ly; bump·ol·o·gist; bump·ol·o·gy; bump·om·e·ter; bump·tious; but·ter·bump; bump·er; bump·e·ty; bump·kin; bump·tious·ly; bump·tious·ness; … English syllables
tious — ab·sten·tious; ad·sci·ti·tious; ad·scrip·ti·tious; ad·ven·ti·tious; ad·ven·ti·tious·ly; ad·ven·ti·tious·ness; am·bi·tious; ap·pe·ti·tious; ar·ti·fac·ti·tious; as·ci·ti·tious; as·sump·tious; bump·tious; cap·tious; cap·tious·ly; car·nap·tious;… … English syllables
bumptious — bump·tious … English syllables
bumptiously — bump·tious·ly … English syllables
bumptious — bump•tious [[t]ˈbʌmp ʃəs[/t]] adj. offensively self assertive • Etymology: 1795–1805; bump+ (frac) tious bump′tious•ly, adv. bump′tious•ness, n … From formal English to slang
bumptious — bump|tious [ˈbʌmpʃəs] adj too proud of your abilities in a way that annoys other people = ↑arrogant >bumptiously adv >bumptiousness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
bumptious — bump|tious [ bʌmpʃəs ] adjective behaving in an annoying way that shows you think you are very important … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
