Definition of "gumptious" [gumptious]

• Enterprising. (adjective)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

• "However, as miserable as I was, I was not gumptious and presumptious enough to seek a change in my own life."
• ""Bumptious is bumptious, and gumptious is gumptious," said the landlord, delighted to puzzle a Parson."
• "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."