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gumption
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gumption
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gumption
(encz) | gumption,vynalézavost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Gumption
(gcide) | Gumption \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.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Capacity; shrewdness; common sense. [Colloq.]
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One does not have gumption till one has been
properly cheated. --Lord Lytton.
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2. (Paint.)
(a) The art of preparing colors. --Sir W. Scott.
(b) Megilp. --Fairholt.
3. initiative; resourcefulness.
[PJC]
4. Courage; guts.
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gumption
(wn) | gumption
n 1: sound practical judgment; "Common sense is not so common";
"he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples";
"fortunately she had the good sense to run away" [syn:
common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense,
sense, mother wit]
2: fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try
it" [syn: backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand,
gumption] |
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Gumption
(gcide) | Gumption \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.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Capacity; shrewdness; common sense. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
One does not have gumption till one has been
properly cheated. --Lord Lytton.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Paint.)
(a) The art of preparing colors. --Sir W. Scott.
(b) Megilp. --Fairholt.
3. initiative; resourcefulness.
[PJC]
4. Courage; guts.
[PJC] |
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