Meaning of GUMPTION
| Pronunciation: | | 'gumpshun
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- [n] (informal) fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it"
- [n] sound practical judgment; "I can't see the sense in doing it now"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately shw had the sense to run away"
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| | Synonyms: | | backbone, common sense, good sense, grit, guts, horse sense, mother wit, moxie, sand, sense |
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| | See Also: | | discernment, fortitude, judgement, judgment, logic, nous, road sense, sagaciousness, sagacity | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Gump"tion\, n. [OE. gom, gome, attention; akin to AS.
ge['o]mian, gyman, to regard, observe, gyme care, OS. gomean
to heed, Goth. gaumjan to see, notice.]
1. Capacity; shrewdness; common sense. [Colloq.]
One does not have gumption till one has been properly
cheated. --Lord Lytton.
2. (Paint.)
(a) The art of preparing colors. --Sir W. Scott.
(b) Megilp. --Fairholt.
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| | Related Terms: | | adventuresomeness, adventurousness, aggression, aggressiveness, ambitiousness, astuteness, audacity, backbone, balls, boldness, bottle, brains, cleverness, common sense, courage, daring, drive, dynamism, energy, enterprise, enterprisingness, force, forcefulness, gameness, getup, get-up-and-get, get-up-and-go, go, go-ahead, go-getting, good sense, go-to-itiveness, grit, guts, horse sense, hustle, initiative, judgement, judgment, mettle, mother wit, moxie, nerve, nous, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, pluck, push, pushfulness, pushiness, pushingness, resourcefulness, sagaciousness, sagacity, shrewdness, spirit, spunk, stamina, up-and-comingness, venturesomeness, venturousness, vigor, wisdom |
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