sumpsimus
(noun) a correct expression that takes the place of a popular but incorrect expression; “he preferred his erroneous but pleasing mumpsimus to the correct sumpsimus”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sumpsimus
Adherence to or persistence in using a strictly correct term in rejection of a more common (but technically incorrect) form.
A person obstinate or zealous about such correctness; a pedant.
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Source: Wiktionary
7 June 2025
(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
