gumptionn.

/ˈɡʌm(p)ʃən/

Forms: Also gumshion.

Etymology: Originally Scots; compare rum-, rumble-gumption.

colloquial.

1. Common sense, mother wit, shrewdness. Also, initiative, enterprise, ‘drive’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > [noun]

witc1175

sensea1382

conscience1449

mother witc1475

common wit1517

common sense1536

philosophy1557

good sense?1562

sconce1567

mother-sense1603

ingenuity1651

bonsense1681

rumgumption1686

nous1706

gumption?1719

rummlegumption1751

savvy1785

horse sense1832

kokum1848

sabe1872

common1899

marbles1902

gump1920

loaf1925

?1719 W. Hamilton in A. Ramsay & W. Hamilton Familiar Epist. ii. 52 'Tis sma presumption To say they're but unlearned clarks, And want the gumption.

1785 in F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue

1786 Andrews in European Mag. 9 210 Why this here fellow here, who writes that there, Has no more gumption than my founder'd mare.

c1812 C. Napier in W. N. Bruce Life Gen. C. Napier (1885) ii. 76 It is..rapid movement that gives cavalry value, the application of which requires gumption in the commander.

1817 C. Lamb Let. 12 May in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1978) III. 244 There'd be many a damn let Fly At my presumption If I should try Being a fellow of no gumption.

1819 J. Lawrence in Monthly Mag. 47 312 A dangerous farrago of holy gumshion.

1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Gumshon, gumption, common sense, combined with energy.

1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram I. i. ix. 152 One does not have gumption till one has been properly cheated.

1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. 134 Sez she, ‘Jonathan, what du you mean?’ My heart riz, it was the only sign of gumption she had made for a hull day.

1862 C. F. Browne Artemus Ward his Bk. 213 I like..your enterprise, gumpshun, [etc.].

1889 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xvii If they..show pluck and gumption they..get promoted.

1903 M. E. Freeman Six Trees 193 Ain't you got any gumption, no snap at all?

1941 J. H. Street In my Father's House ix. 170 Me and Papa and Mama kissed Teenie and then she just stood there looking at Woodie. Papa said, ‘Buss her one, boy. Ain't you got no gumption?’

2. Painting.

a. (See quot. 1825.) ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > paints > preparation of colours

gumption1813

1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain ii. Interlude ii. 105 This thicket, for their gumption fit, May furnish such a happy bit.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) In a note on this article, Sir W. Scott remarks, that ‘painters call their art of preparing colours their gumption’.

b. A vehicle for colour.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > paints > preparation of colours > mixing fluids, etc.

vehicle1758

megilp1768

siccative1825

medium1845

egg1854

gumption1854

extender1920

binder1922

1854 F. W. Fairholt Dict. Terms Art Gumption, this elegant and expressive name is applied to a nostrum much in request by painters in search of the supposed ‘lost medium’ of the old masters..The formula for preparing this medium gives a mixture of drying linseed oil and mastic varnish, which gelatinises; or simple linseed oil and sugar of lead.

1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 205 They [various vehicles] are called ‘Meguilps’ from their inventor; one variety receives the name of ‘Gumtion’.

Derivatives

ˈgumptionless adj. without gumption, senseless.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective]

dizzyc825

unwisec825

redelessOE

unwittyc1000

daftlikec1175

witlessc1175

canga1225

adoted?c1225

cangun?c1225

egedec1225

cangeda1250

foola1250

snepea1250

aerwittec1275

sotlyc1275

unslyc1275

unwitterc1275

unwilya1300

nicec1300

goosishc1374

unskilfulc1374

follyc1380

lewdc1380

mis-feelinga1382

dottlec1390

foltedc1390

peevishc1400

fona1425

fonnishc1425

foliousa1450

foolisha1450

daft?c1450

doitedc1450

dotyc1450

daffish1470

insapientc1470

gucked?a1500

wanwittya1500

furious1526

insipient1528

seelya1529

dawish?1529

foolage1545

momish1546

base-wittedc1547

stultitiousa1549

follifulc1550

senseless1565

mopish1568

fondish1579

unsensiblea1586

fondly1587

dizzardly1594

follial1596

featlessc1598

fopperly1599

gowkeda1605

inept1604

simple1604

anserine1607

foppish1608

silly ass1608

unsage1608

wisdomless1608

fool-beggeda1616

Gotham1621

noddy1645

badot1653

dosser-headed1655

infrunite1657

nonsensicalc1661

slight1663

sappy1670

datelessa1686

noddy-peaked1694

nizy1709

dottled1772

gypit1804

shay-brained1806

folly-stricken1807

fool-like1811

goosy1811

spoony1813

niddle-noddle1821

gumptionless1823

daftish1825

anserous1826

as crazy as a loon1830

spoonish1833

cheese-headed1836

dotty1860

fool-fool1868

noodly1870

dilly1873

gormless1883

daffy1884

monkey-doodle1886

mosy1887

jay1891

pithecanthropic1897

peanut-headed1906

dinlo1907

boob1911

goofy1921

ding-a-ling1935

jerky1944

jerk1947

jerkish1948

pointy-headed1950

doofus1967

twitty1967

twittish1969

nerkish1975

numpty1992

1823 J. Galt Entail I. xxii. 185 Come awa,..ye gumshionless cuif.

1861 R. Quinn Heather Lintie (1866) 147 Gumptionless whinings.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gumption
释义	gumptionn. /ˈɡʌm(p)ʃən/ Forms: Also gumshion. Etymology: Originally Scots; compare rum-, rumble-gumption. colloquial. 1. Common sense, mother wit, shrewdness. Also, initiative, enterprise, ‘drive’. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > [noun] witc1175 sensea1382 conscience1449 mother witc1475 common wit1517 common sense1536 philosophy1557 good sense?1562 sconce1567 mother-sense1603 ingenuity1651 bonsense1681 rumgumption1686 nous1706 gumption?1719 rummlegumption1751 savvy1785 horse sense1832 kokum1848 sabe1872 common1899 marbles1902 gump1920 loaf1925 ?1719 W. Hamilton in A. Ramsay & W. Hamilton Familiar Epist. ii. 52 'Tis sma presumption To say they're but unlearned clarks, And want the gumption. 1785 in F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue 1786 Andrews in European Mag. 9 210 Why this here fellow here, who writes that there, Has no more gumption than my founder'd mare. c1812 C. Napier in W. N. Bruce Life Gen. C. Napier (1885) ii. 76 It is..rapid movement that gives cavalry value, the application of which requires gumption in the commander. 1817 C. Lamb Let. 12 May in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1978) III. 244 There'd be many a damn let Fly At my presumption If I should try Being a fellow of no gumption. 1819 J. Lawrence in Monthly Mag. 47 312 A dangerous farrago of holy gumshion. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Gumshon, gumption, common sense, combined with energy. 1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram I. i. ix. 152 One does not have gumption till one has been properly cheated. 1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. 134 Sez she, ‘Jonathan, what du you mean?’ My heart riz, it was the only sign of gumption she had made for a hull day. 1862 C. F. Browne Artemus Ward his Bk. 213 I like..your enterprise, gumpshun, [etc.]. 1889 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xvii If they..show pluck and gumption they..get promoted. 1903 M. E. Freeman Six Trees 193 Ain't you got any gumption, no snap at all? 1941 J. H. Street In my Father's House ix. 170 Me and Papa and Mama kissed Teenie and then she just stood there looking at Woodie. Papa said, ‘Buss her one, boy. Ain't you got no gumption?’ 2. Painting. a. (See quot. 1825.) ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > paints > preparation of colours gumption1813 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain ii. Interlude ii. 105 This thicket, for their gumption fit, May furnish such a happy bit. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) In a note on this article, Sir W. Scott remarks, that ‘painters call their art of preparing colours their gumption’. b. A vehicle for colour. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > paints > preparation of colours > mixing fluids, etc. vehicle1758 megilp1768 siccative1825 medium1845 egg1854 gumption1854 extender1920 binder1922 1854 F. W. Fairholt Dict. Terms Art Gumption, this elegant and expressive name is applied to a nostrum much in request by painters in search of the supposed ‘lost medium’ of the old masters..The formula for preparing this medium gives a mixture of drying linseed oil and mastic varnish, which gelatinises; or simple linseed oil and sugar of lead. 1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 205 They [various vehicles] are called ‘Meguilps’ from their inventor; one variety receives the name of ‘Gumtion’. Derivatives ˈgumptionless adj. without gumption, senseless. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective] dizzyc825 unwisec825 redelessOE unwittyc1000 daftlikec1175 witlessc1175 canga1225 adoted?c1225 cangun?c1225 egedec1225 cangeda1250 foola1250 snepea1250 aerwittec1275 sotlyc1275 unslyc1275 unwitterc1275 unwilya1300 nicec1300 goosishc1374 unskilfulc1374 follyc1380 lewdc1380 mis-feelinga1382 dottlec1390 foltedc1390 peevishc1400 fona1425 fonnishc1425 foliousa1450 foolisha1450 daft?c1450 doitedc1450 dotyc1450 daffish1470 insapientc1470 gucked?a1500 wanwittya1500 furious1526 insipient1528 seelya1529 dawish?1529 foolage1545 momish1546 base-wittedc1547 stultitiousa1549 follifulc1550 senseless1565 mopish1568 fondish1579 unsensiblea1586 fondly1587 dizzardly1594 follial1596 featlessc1598 fopperly1599 gowkeda1605 inept1604 simple1604 anserine1607 foppish1608 silly ass1608 unsage1608 wisdomless1608 fool-beggeda1616 Gotham1621 noddy1645 badot1653 dosser-headed1655 infrunite1657 nonsensicalc1661 slight1663 sappy1670 datelessa1686 noddy-peaked1694 nizy1709 dottled1772 gypit1804 shay-brained1806 folly-stricken1807 fool-like1811 goosy1811 spoony1813 niddle-noddle1821 gumptionless1823 daftish1825 anserous1826 as crazy as a loon1830 spoonish1833 cheese-headed1836 dotty1860 fool-fool1868 noodly1870 dilly1873 gormless1883 daffy1884 monkey-doodle1886 mosy1887 jay1891 pithecanthropic1897 peanut-headed1906 dinlo1907 boob1911 goofy1921 ding-a-ling1935 jerky1944 jerk1947 jerkish1948 pointy-headed1950 doofus1967 twitty1967 twittish1969 nerkish1975 numpty1992 1823 J. Galt Entail I. xxii. 185 Come awa,..ye gumshionless cuif. 1861 R. Quinn Heather Lintie (1866) 147 Gumptionless whinings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1719
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