gipsy

or Gip·sy

[ jip-see ]

/ ˈdʒɪp si /

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noun, adjective plural gip·sies,

Chiefly British, Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. gypsy.

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usage note for gipsy

See gypsy.

OTHER WORDS FROM gipsy

gip·sy·dom, noungip·sy·esque, gip·sy·ish, gip·sy·like, gip·se·ian, adjectivegip·sy·hood, noungip·sy·ism, noun

Words nearby gipsy

Giotto, gip, gipon, Gippsland, gippy, gipsy, gipsy moth, gipsywort, giraffe, Giraldus Cambrensis, girandole

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How to use gipsy in a sentence

For she was obviously in her right and natural setting, a creature of the wilds, a gipsy in her own home.
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood
A king of each tribe is annually elected, to whom his people are obedient, something in the way of the gipsy monarchy.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham
Oh, yes; that ramshackle place near the swamp, with the gipsy-looking people hanging about.
Summer|Edith Wharton
At OLearys call, the elongated figure pulled up abruptly, and Drinkwaters gipsy face loomed high in the door-frame.
The Woman Gives|Owen Johnson

The thick tan of exposure to wind and sun gave her a gipsy swarthiness beneath which glowed the rich colour of health.
Jaffery|William J. Locke

British Dictionary definitions for gipsy

Gipsy

/ (ˈdʒɪpsɪ) /

noun plural -sies

(sometimes not capital) a variant spelling of Gypsy

Derived forms of Gipsy

Gipsyish, adjectiveGipsydom, nounGipsyhood, nounGipsy-like, adjective

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