gipsy

American  

[jip-see] / ˈdʒɪp si /

Or Gipsy

noun

plural

gipsies

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

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Gipsy British  

/ ˈdʒɪpsɪ /

noun

1. (sometimes not capital) a variant spelling of Gypsy

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Sensitive Note

See gypsy.

Other Word Forms

• Gipsy-like adjective
• Gipsydom noun
• Gipsyhood noun
• Gipsyish adjective
• gipseian adjective
• gipsydom noun
• gipsyesque adjective
• gipsyhood noun
• gipsyish adjective
• gipsyism noun
• gipsylike adjective

Example Sentences

Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights” leaves Heathcliff’s racial identity ambiguous, with characters referring to him as a “gipsy brat,” “lascar” and “Spanish castaway” at different points throughout the novel.

From Los Angeles Times

She had on a red cloak and a black bonnet: or rather, a broad-brimmed gipsy hat, tied down with a striped handkerchief under her chin.

From Literature

After Liszt's memorable visit to his native country in 1840 he freely submitted to the influence of the gipsy music.

From Project Gutenberg

The night wore away; at half past eleven Sylvia dropped her valise from the window and whistled that she was off with the raggle-taggle gipsies—oh.

From Project Gutenberg

By keeping to this beaten track of enjoyment, he could, at one and the same time, be entertaining June and keeping an eye open for that gipsy girl who haunted his imagination.

From Project Gutenberg