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gump·tion (gump′s̸hən)

noun

  1. Obsolete shrewdness in practical matters; common sense
  2. courage and initiative; enterprise and boldness

Etymology: < Scot dial. < ? ME gome, attention (< ON gaumr), with playful Latinate suffix

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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