gumption

Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌmpʃən/

The English word “gumption” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

Common sense, initiative, resourcefulness.
Boldness of enterprise; aggressiveness or initiative.
Energy of body and mind, enthusiasm.

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots gumption (“common sense, shrewdness; drive, initiative”); further etymology unknown, possibly connected with Middle English gome (“attention, heed”), from Old Norse gaumr (“attention, heed”), from Proto-Germanic *gaumō. English cognates include gaum (“to comprehend, understand”) and goam (“to recognize, see”).

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