- bumptiousness
- noun see bumptious
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
bumptiousness
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Bumptiousness — Bump tious*ness, n. Conceitedness. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bumptiousness — noun The state of being bumptious; conceitedness. The woman would be quite likable sans bumptiousness … Wiktionary
bumptiousness — bumptious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ irritatingly self assertive or conceited. DERIVATIVES bumptiously adverb bumptiousness noun. ORIGIN from BUMP(Cf. ↑bumpy), on the pattern of fractious … English terms dictionary
bumptiousness — See bumptiously. * * * … Universalium
bumptiousness — bump·tious·ness … English syllables
bumptiousness — noun offensive boldness and assertiveness • Syn: ↑cockiness, ↑pushiness, ↑forwardness • Derivationally related forms: ↑forward (for: ↑forwardness), ↑pushy ( … Useful english dictionary
cockiness — noun offensive boldness and assertiveness • Syn: ↑bumptiousness, ↑pushiness, ↑forwardness • Derivationally related forms: ↑forward (for: ↑forwardness), ↑pushy ( … Useful english dictionary
forwardness — noun 1. an advanced stage the forwardness of the harvest this year the arts are in no kind of forwardness in this matter • Derivationally related forms: ↑forward • Hypernyms: ↑earliness 2. prompt willingness readiness t … Useful english dictionary
pushiness — noun offensive boldness and assertiveness • Syn: ↑bumptiousness, ↑cockiness, ↑forwardness • Derivationally related forms: ↑forward (for: ↑forwardness), ↑pushy, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
bumptious — adjective Etymology: 1bump + tious (as in fractious) Date: 1803 presumptuously, obtusely, and often noisily self assertive ; obtrusive • bumptiously adverb • bumptiousness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
