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prettygoodwordgumption - n., boldness, courage, spunk, initiative.
Originally, commonsense, shrewdness, in Scottish dialect, but I've never heard it used that way. Possibly connected to Middle English gome, attention, heed. In the original sense, attested since 1719; in the sense of drive, initiative, since 1812.
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Originally, commonsense, shrewdness, in Scottish dialect, but I've never heard it used that way. Possibly connected to Middle English gome, attention, heed. In the original sense, attested since 1719; in the sense of drive, initiative, since 1812.
---L.
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Date: 2007-04-10 02:52 pm (UTC)Yesterday's word was also fabulous, by the way. I actually used it. ;>
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Date: 2007-04-10 07:10 pm (UTC)---L.