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gumptious, a.|ˈgʌm(p)ʃəs|
[f. gumption: see -ous.]
Possessed of gumption, or common sense. Also, clever, vain, self-important [by association with bumptious].
[1823E. Moor Suffolk Words 158 Gumshus, quarrelsome, offensive, obstinate.] 1853Lytton My Novel I. iv. xii. 320 When I say that sum un is gumptious, I mean..sum un who does not think small beer of hisself. 1860F. & J. Greenwood Under Cloud I. iii. 68 You are a gumptious old ooman, you are! Tarrible smaart! 1875W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. (1957) 52 Gumptious, smart. 1877Bartlett Dict. Americanisms 271 Gumptious, one who has a good opinion of himself; a ‘knowing one’. |