mump|si|mus

mump|si|mus: mump|si|mus «MUHMP suh muhs», noun.

an error obstinately clung to, regardless of right or reason.

╂[< misreading of Latin umpsimus we took (because the reader maintained repeatedly that mumpsimus was correct)]

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mump — mump·ish; mump·si·mus; mump; mump·er; … English syllables
mus — ag·o·nos·to·mus; alai·mus; an·i·mus; an·iso·tre·mus; an·oph·thal·mus; an·thon·o·mus; an·tros·to·mus; ap·o·de·mus; au·los·to·mus; bor·bo·ryg·mus; bot·u·lis·mus; brach·y·lae·mus; bro·mus; bu·li·mus; bu·to·mus; cal·a·mus; car·tha·mus; ca·tos·to·mus; … English syllables
mumpsimus — mump·si·mus … English syllables
si — ab·ba·si; abra·si·om·e·ter; ab·stru·si·ty; ac·ces·si·bil·i·ty; ac·ces·si·ble; ac·qui·si·tion; acra·si·a·les; acra·si·e·ae; ac·ro·tar·si·al; ac·ro·tar·si·um; adi·ba·si; ad·mis·si·bil·i·ty; ad·mis·si·ble; ad·ver·si·ty; aero·si·nus·i·tis; ali·si·er; … English syllables

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