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
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
"She was always—not exactly proud like, but what I calls gumptious."
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various
"Bumptious is bumptious, and gumptious is gumptious," said the landlord, delighted to puzzle a Parson.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various
