Bumptious

You call yourself humble and sinful, but you are the most Bumptious of your sex.

Little Dorrit 2007

'Bumptious,' breaks in Sir Hugh; 'exactly, not a bit of it.

Gladys, the Reaper Anne Beale

"Bumptious, indeed, though I believe it is not in the dictionary, has crept into familiar parlance, especially amongst young folks at school and college."

The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 Various

"Bumptious is bumptious, and gumptious is gumptious," said the landlord, delighted to puzzle a Parson.

The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 Various

Bumptious little man, and yet -- and yet there's something in him.

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

Bumptious little man, and yet -- and yet there's something in him.

The Money Master, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

Bumptious little man, and yet -- and yet there's something in him.

The Money Master, Volume 2. Gilbert Parker 1897

"Not three, it ain't," returned Mrs. Sumfit; "and do be good creatures, and begin about my Dahly, and where she got that Bumptious gownd, and the bonnet with blue flowers lyin 'by on the table: now, do!"

Rhoda Fleming — Complete George Meredith 1868

"Not three, it ain't," returned Mrs. Sumfit; "and do be good creatures, and begin about my Dahly, and where she got that Bumptious gownd, and the bonnet with blue flowers lyin 'by on the table: now, do!"

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

"Not three, it ain't," returned Mrs. Sumfit; "and do be good creatures, and begin about my Dahly, and where she got that Bumptious gownd, and the bonnet with blue flowers lyin 'by on the table: now, do!"

Rhoda Fleming — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868