Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gumption"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gumption \Gump"tion\, n. [OE. gom, gome, attention; akin to AS.
ge['o]mian, gyman, to regard, observe, gyme care, OS. gomean
to heed, Goth. gaumjan to see, notice.]
1. Capacity; shrewdness; common sense. [Colloq.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gumption
n 1: sound practical judgment; "I can't see the sense in doing it
now"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green
apples"; "fortunately shw had the sense to run away"
[syn: {common sense}, {good sense}, {horse sense}, {sense},
{mother wit}]
2: (informal) fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the
guts to try it" [syn: {backbone}, {grit}, {guts}, {moxie},
{sand}]
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