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Assumptious

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Presumptuous or overly forward in manner (a regional or dialectal usage).

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The neighbors thought it was assumptious of him to walk in without knocking.

Her assumptious tone annoyed the rest of the committee.

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A rare regionalism found chiefly in older American and British dialect, related to 'assuming' rather than the more common 'presumptuous.'

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