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   Bump·tious

   /ˈbəm(p)SHəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. self-assertive or proud to an irritating degree: "these bumptious young boys today"

   Word Origin early 19th century: humorously from bump, on the pattern of fractious.

   Derivatives

   • 1. bumptiously adverb
   • 2. bumptiousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

   • B

     3

   • U

     1

   • M

     3

   • P

     3

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • O

     1

   • U

     1

   • S

     1

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