2012_07_02 Sumpsimus n.堅持使用完全正確的術語

Word of the Day for Monday, July  2, 2012
sumpsimus \SUHMP-suh-muhs\, noun:
1. Adherence to or persistence in using a strictly correct term, holding to a precise practice, etc., as a rejection of an erroneous but more common form (opposed to mumpsimus).
2. A person who is obstinate or zealous about such strict correctness (opposed to mumpsimus).
And now let all defenders of present institutions, however bad they may be — let all violent supporters of their old mumpsimus against any new sumpsimus whatever, listen to a conversation among some undergraduates.
 -- Frederic William Farrar , Julian Home
She is a master of sumpsimus, more anal in language usage than Doc in his rigid professionalism. She insists on saying It is I, or He gave the book to John and me.
 -- Ann Burrus, Astride the Pineapple Couch
Like its counterpart mumpsimus, sumpsimus comes from to a story about an illiterate priest. In this case, sumpsimus refers to the opposite practice as mumpsimus.

sumpsimus\ SUHMP SUH-MUHS的\，名詞：1。堅持使用一個完全正確的術語，拿著一個精確的做法，等了一個錯誤，但更常見的形式（反對以mumpsimus的）拒絕，持久性。2。誰是頑固性或對這種嚴格的正確性（反對mumpsimus的）熱心的人。現在就讓本機構所有的維護者，然而壞，他們可能是 - 讓所有的暴力他們老mumpsimus的支持者，反對任何新sumpsimus任何聽一些大學生之間的對話。  - 弗雷德里克·威廉·法勒，朱利安首頁她是一個主sumpsimus，在語言使用的肛門比在他的嚴格的專業DOC。她堅持說這是我的，他將書遞給我和約翰。  - 安比呂斯，橫跨菠蘿沙發像其對應mumpsimus，sumpsimus來從一個故事關於一個不識字的牧師。在這種情況下，sumpsimus是指到作為mumpsimus的相反的做法。