gumptiousadj.
/ˈɡʌm(p)ʃəs/ Possessed of gumption, or common sense. Also, clever, vain, self-important [by association with bumptious adj.]
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the mind > emotion > pride > self-importance > [adjective]
buggish1536
puffya1594
important1726
self-important1732
consequential1758
self-consequent1834
gumptious1853
brussen1897
prima donna1897
prima donna-ish1926
over-inflated1934
1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 158 Gumshus, quarrelsome, offensive, obstinate.]
1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton 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.
1860 F. Greenwood & J. Greenwood Under Cloud I. iii. 68 You are a gumptious old ooman, you are! Tarrible smaart!
1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. 51 Gumptious, smart.
1877 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 4) Gumptious, one who has a good opinion of himself; a ‘knowing one’.
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