bumptious

• When the ship of Boston's chief citizen was seized by the bumptious, gilt-braided British officials, there was a merry uproar. —  Little Journeys To the Homes of the Great, Volume 3
• "Jigsaw" (Midget / EMI) finds the brash MC struggling to make sense of the whirlwind that has enveloped her in the three years since she released her bumptious, invigorating debut, "Public Warning." —  Courant.com Blogs
• They like Ken's outspoken, bumptious, no-prisoners language, his floridly un-PC face and his outrageous self-confidence. —  Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk
• He's bumptious, naive and not terribly bright, but he is extremely dedicated to his craft. —  Anime Nano!
• Your father would not turn away such an old servant as that He wouldn't like to, of course," said Will, loftily; "but Boil O has grown so precious bumptious, and he doesn't care to do this, and he doesn't care to do that. —  Will of the Mill

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