English Explanatory Dictionary

bumptious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Obtrusively pushy; self-important; self-assertive to a pretentious extreme.

Pronunciation

/ˈbʌmpʃəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bumptious.wav

Word forms

bumptious more bumptious most bumptious

Etymology

Probably from bump, on the pattern of words like fractious or presumptious.

Derived words

bumptiously bumptiousness overbumptious unbumptious
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