backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption
(noun) fortitude and determination; “he didn’t have the guts to try it”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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. geĂłmian, 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
5 January 2025
(noun) an extinct reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a bird-like beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
