Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Gumption
Gump′tion
,Noun.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gumption
GUMP'TION
,Noun.