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gumption

gump·tion

UK/ˈɡʌmpʃən/ US/ˈɡʌmpʃʌn/ rare uk us

noun

1.

sound practical judgment

  • “I can”
  • “;”
  • “t got the sense God gave little green apples”
  • “fortunately she had the good sense to run away”
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Origin

Borrowed from Scots gumption (“common sense, shrewdness; drive, initiative”); further etymology unknown, possibly connected with Middle English gome (“attention, heed”), from Old Norse gaumr (“attention, heed”), from Proto-Germanic *gaumō. English cognates include gaum (“to comprehend, understand”) and goam (“to recognize, see”).

Phrases

  • gumption trap

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