gumptious
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- adjective Having gumption; having quick perception and good judgment.
- adjective Supercilious; conceitedly proud.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adjective Enterprising.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective Working hard to promote an enterprise
Examples
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However, as miserable as I was, I was not gumptious and presumptious enough to seek a change in my own life.
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"Bumptious is bumptious, and gumptious is gumptious," said the landlord, delighted to puzzle a Parson.
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Gumption is knowing; but when I say that sum un is gumptious, I mean -- though that's more vulgar like -- sum un who does not think small beer of hisself.
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"She was always -- not exactly proud like, but what I calls gumptious."
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"In course, sir, all gumptious folks are; they value themselves on their respectability, and looks down on their neighbors."
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The two-person cast includes Aaron Landsman and Jenny Seastone Stern, who inhabit the play in which a Real History Detective meets a gumptious young vagabond with a harrowing past.
Note
The word 'gumptious' comes from 'gumption'.
