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Added 9 October 2026

assumptive

adjective

Latin root: sūmptus Wiktionary

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about assumptive at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Excessively forward.
an assumptive person
Accepted as real or true without proof.
the assumed reason for his absence

Origin

From as- + Latin sūmptus + -ive, from past participle of sūmō (“to take”).

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