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gumptionless en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English gumption Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English gumptionless From gumption + -less.

Meanings

1. Lacking gumption.
   • No actress that I know can so mingle dewy pathos and the salt of sanity: yet she must forego these in favour of gumptionless Dianas. 1924, James Agate, The Contemporary Theatre:
   • But I am no gumptionless Eve, that he should beguile me. 1901, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, Cinderella:
   • You're the most gumptionless person on earth. 1989, Howard Lewis Russell, Iced Tea and Ignorance:

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