ˈdʒɪpsɪ n. (also Gipsy) (pl. -ies) 1 a
member of a nomadic
people of Europe
and N. America, of
Hindu origin with dark skin and
hair, and
speaking a
language related to
Hindi. 2 (gypsy) a
person resembling or
living like a Gypsy. øgypsy
moth a kind of
tussock moth, Lymantria dispar, of
which the larvae are
very destructive to
foliage. øøGypsydom n. Gypsyfied adj. Gypsyhood n. Gypsyish adj. [earlier gipcyan, gipsen f.
EGYPTIAN,
from the supposed origin of Gypsies
when they appeared in England in the
early 16th c.]