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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality of being bumptious.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun colloq. Conceitedness.

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  • noun The state of being bumptious; conceitedness.

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  • noun offensive boldness and assertiveness

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bumptious +‎ -ness

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