bumptious

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bumptious

/ˈbʌmpʃəs/

Rhymes with -ʌmpʃəs

Where it comes from

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

adjective more bumptious · most bumptious

UK Obtrusively pushy; self-important; self-assertive to a pretentious extreme. […

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adj obtrusively pushy

Deutsch	wichtigtuerisch, prätentiös, selbsteingenommen, anmaßend, aufgeblasen, überkandidelt

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@misc{bumptious_2026,
  title = {bumptious},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bumptious},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}