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bumptious

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bump⋅tious

  [buhmp-shuhs]
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–adjective
offensively self-assertive: a bumptious young upstart.
Origin:
1795–1805; bump + (frac)tious

Related forms:
bump⋅tious⋅ly, adverb
bump⋅tious⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
pushy, forward, cocky, cheeky, brash.
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bump·tious   (bŭmp'shəs)   
adj.  Crudely or loudly assertive; pushy.

[Perhaps blend of bump and presumptuous.]
bump'tious·ly adv., bump'tious·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

bumptious 
"assertive," 1803, probably a humorous coinage on the pattern of fractious, etc.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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