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Vinony

bumptiousness

noun

  1. the quality of being unpleasantly confident
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noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English bumptious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English bumptiousness From bumptious + -ness.

  1. The state of being bumptious; conceitedness.

    “Gerald's special mixture of laziness and ambition seemed to crystallize under the camera into brutal bumptiousness.”