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Definition of 'mumpsimus' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) mumpsimus
a traditional notion that is obstinately held although it is unreasonable
"he still holds to the old mumpsimus that a woman's place is in the kitchen"



'mumpsimus' - Nearby Entries  

mummy  mummy-brown  mumps  mumpsimus  munchausen  munchausen syndrome  munchausen's syndrome  



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