n. [ Cf. Sw. & Dan. gump buttocks, rump, Icel. gumpr. ] A dolt; a dunce. [ Low. ] Holloway. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. gom, gome, attention; akin to AS. geómian, gyman, to regard, observe, gyme care, OS. gomean to heed, Goth. gaumjan to see, notice. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
One does not have gumption till one has been properly cheated. Lord Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.