gipsy

or Gip·sy

[ jip-see ]

noun

, plural gip·sies,

1. Chiefly British, Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. gypsy.

Gipsy

/ ˈdʒɪpsɪ /

noun

1. sometimes not capital a variant spelling of Gypsy

Sensitive Note

See gypsy.

Derived Forms

• ˈGipsydom, noun
• ˈGipsy-ˌlike, adjective
• ˈGipsyish, adjective
• ˈGipsyˌhood, noun

Other Words From

• gip·sy·dom noun
• gip·sy·esque gip·sy·ish gip·sy·like gip·se·ian adjective
• gip·sy·hood noun
• gip·sy·ism noun

Example Sentences

His ancestry is ambiguous, and he is described in the book as "a dark-skinned gipsy" and "a little Lascar, or an American or Spanish castaway".

From BBC

The last night’s ball seemed lost in the gipsies.

From Literature

These Szgany are gipsies; I have notes of them in my book.

From Literature

I knew gipsies and fortune-tellers did not express themselves as this seeming old woman had expressed herself; besides I had noted her feigned voice, her anxiety to conceal her features.

From Literature

Guenever, on the other hand, dressed like a gipsy, entertained like a lodging-house keeper, and kept her lover a secret On top of this, she was a nuisance.

From Literature