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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
GUMPTIOUS, adj. Also in Eng. dial.
1. “Self-important, forward, pretentious” (Sc. 1887 Jam.), bumptious (Bnff., Abd. 1940).
2. “Fault-finding, quarrelsome” (Sc. 1887 Jam.).
[Appar. a confusion of bumptious and Gumption. The second meaning is unauthenticated.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Gumptious adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 18 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/gumptious>
