gypsied

Variant of Gypsy

Gypsy definition

Gypsy (jip)

noun pl. Gypsies -·sies

  1. a member of a nomadic Caucasoid people with dark skin and black hair, found throughout the world and believed to have originated in India: they are conventionally known as metalworkers, musicians, fortunetellers, etc.
  2. Romany ()
  3. a person whose appearance or habits are like those of a Gypsy
  4. a dancer in the chorus of a musical show

Etymology: earlier gypcien, short for Egipcien, Egyptian: orig. thought to have come from Egypt

adjective

  1. of, like, or characteristic of the Gypsies or their language or culture
  2. Informal unlicensed or nonunion a gypsy plumber

intransitive verb gypsied -·sied, gypsying -·sy·ing

Rare to wander or live like a Gypsy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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