assumptive

English

Adjective

assumptive (comparative more assumptive, superlative most assumptive)

  1. Held as true or valid without evidence.
  2. Forward or presumptuous.
  3. (heraldry, of arms, not comparable) Originally, being arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College.[1]

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ c. 1895, Henry Percy Smith, A Dictionary of Terms, Phrases, and Quotations

Latin

Adjective

assūmptīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of assūmptīvus
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