Associations to the word «Bumptious»
Wiktionary
BUMPTIOUS, adjective. Obtrusively pushy; self-assertive to a pretentious extreme.
Dictionary definition
BUMPTIOUS, adjective. Offensively self-assertive.
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.