Definition of Gumpteon

Definition of Gumpteon

Gump"tion (?), n. [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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

GUMPTION, or RUM GUMPTION. Docility, comprehension,
capacity.

- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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