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bumptious
adjective as in offensively self-assertive
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Watson later tried to buddy up to Wilkins at a cocktail party, but the socially awkward Wilkins did his best to avoid the bumptious American.
From Nautilus
Bumptious little man, and yet—and yet there's something in him.
From Project Gutenberg
The court was thrown into amazement, and even Bumptious quailed before the fist of the mighty Jorrocks.
From Project Gutenberg
She was always—not exactly proud like, but what I calls Bumptious.
From Project Gutenberg
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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