Gumption
Pronunciation : Gump"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. gom, gome, attention; akin to AS. ge?mian, gyman, to regard, observe, gyme care, OS. gomean to heed, Goth. gaumjan to see, notice.]
Definition : 1. Capacity; shrewdness; common sense. [Colloq.] One does not have gumption till one has been properly cheated. Lord Lytton.
2. (Paint.) (a) The art of preparing colors. Sir W. Scott. (b) Megilp. Fairholt.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913