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mumpsimus
[ muhmp-suh-muhs ]
/ ˈmʌmp sə məs /
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noun, plural mump·si·mus·es for 2.
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Origin of mumpsimus
First recorded in 1520–30; from a story, perhaps originating with Erasmus, of an illiterate Catholic priest who, while saying the postcommunion prayer at Mass, said mumpsimus rather than sūmpsimus (1st plural perfect indicative of Latin sūmere “to take, take up”): “Quod ōre sūmpsimus, Domine, pūrā mente capiāmus” (“What we have taken by mouth, O Lord, may we keep with a pure mind”) and refused to change the word when corrected; see consume
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