GUMPTION

backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption

(noun) fortitude and determination; “he didn’t have the guts to try it”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

gumption (usually uncountable, plural gumptions)

(Britain) Common sense, initiative, resourcefulness. [from early 18th c.]

Synonym: gumph

(US) Boldness of enterprise; aggressiveness or initiative.

Synonyms: chutzpah, gumph, guts, spunk

(US) Energy of body and mind, enthusiasm.

Synonym: gumph

Source: Wiktionary

Gump"tion, n. Etym: [OE. gom, gome, attention; akin to AS. geómian, 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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