I have a friend who says 'presumptive' instead of 'presumptious'. It drives me insane.
Wiktionary seems to think "presumptive" is a word, but I'm not so sure...
Also, the word is "presumptuous".
EDIT: I have reason to believe that "presumptive" is a word.
But I kinda understand why it drives you insane.
Sorry, my hands naturally typed 'tious' as it is alot more common that 'tuous'
Doe 'presumptive' mean the same thing?
It can mean "presumptuous" or "presumed", as in "a presumed/presumptive course of action" or "a presumptive person".
Thanks.
Though it's still going to aggravate me when she says it...
Similar but not the same....
Presumptuous refers to an inappropriate assumption about something.
-That guy who brought a box of condoms on the first date? Presumptuous...
Presumptive suggests a reasonable assumption, but one that hasn't been confirmed "officially"...
-The guy who's been the owner's right-hand man for the last 20 years? Since the boss is 90
years old and has said he'll retire soon, that guy's the presumptive new boss.
Short version:
"presumptive" - fair assumption, "presumptuous" - bad assumption.
also....
INSINUATIVE - a word (actually, a pretty cool one, imho.)