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gipsyism

gipsyism is the alternative form of gypsyism.

Meaning of gypsyism

Noun

gypsyism (countable and uncountable, plural gypsyisms)

  1. The state of being a gypsy.
  2. (ethnic, offensive, slur) The practices or habits ascribed to gypsies, such as deception, cheating, and flattery.
  3. A word or phrase used by gypsies.
    • The word is a gypsyism, one of many that we find in Spanish.2016, César Domínguez, Anxo Abuín González, Ellen Sapega, A Comparative History of Literatures in the Iberian Peninsula, page 35
  4. The support of gypsies or gypsy beliefs, culture etc.

Forms of gipsyism

pluralgipsyisms

Origin of gipsyism

From gipsy + -ism.

Questions about gipsyism

What is gipsyism the alternative form of?
Gipsyism is the alternative form of gypsyism.

Words near gipsyism in the dictionary

  1. gipsy rings
  2. gipsydom
  3. gipsying
  4. gipsyings
  5. gipsyish
  6. gipsyism
  7. gipsyisms
  8. gipsylike
  9. gipsyries
  10. gipsyry
  11. gipsyweed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gipsyism (page history and authors); gypsyism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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