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bumptious, a.|ˈbʌmpʃəs|
[A humorous formation, suggested perh. by bump n.1 or v.1, and words in -tious, like fractious. (Not in Craig 1847, nor in any earlier Dict.)]
Offensively self-conceited; self-assertive. (colloq. and undignified.)
1803F. Burney Diary & Lett. VI. 324 No my dearest Padre, bumptious! no I deny the charge in toto. 1821Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 36 The bumptious serjeant struts before his men..And look as big as if King George himsen. 1847–78Halliwell, Bumptious, proud, arrogant. Var. dial. 1857C. Maxwell Lett. in Life x. (1882) 295 Buckle's History of Civilisation—a bumptious book, strong positivism, emancipation from exploded notions, and that style of thing.
Hence ˈbumptiously adv., ˈbumptiousness.
1871M. Collins Mrq. & Merch. I. i. 17 That long-legged isosceles triangle that bumptiously bestrides the asses' bridge. 1857Hughes Tom Brown i. v, Tom, notwithstanding his bumptiousness, felt friends with him at once. 1881Macm. Mag. XLV. 169 The bumptiousness of minor British officialism. |