Associations to the word «Bumptious»

Adjective

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Wiktionary

BUMPTIOUS, adjective. Obtrusively pushy; self-assertive to a pretentious extreme.

Dictionary definition

BUMPTIOUS, adjective. Offensively self-assertive.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche