gumption
noun
initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness.
gumptious
-
a word derived from
gumption.
Example Sentences
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She is your mirror image: bullheaded, gumptious, no-nonsense, intuitive with food.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2015
The products of heavy metal, collapsed family structures and inertia, they’re mischievous and susceptible, and not gumptious enough for real misbehavior.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2011
"Now the town beadle is bumptious, and Mrs. Avenel is gumptious."
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various
"In course, sir, all gumptious folks are; they value themselves on their respectability, and looks down on their neighbors."
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various
Gumption is knowing; but when I say that sum un is gumptious, I mean—though that's more vulgar like—sum un who does not think small beer of hisself.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various
