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gyptian

gyptian is the obsolete form of gypsy.

Meaning of gypsy

Noun

gypsy (plural gypsies)

  1. (colloquial) An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.
    • Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose, Beguiled me to the very heart of loss.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
  2. (offensive, sometimes) A move in contra dancing in which two dancers walk in a circle around each other while maintaining eye contact (but not touching as in a swing). (Compare whole gyp, half gyp, and gypsy meltdown, in which this step precedes a swing.)
    Synonyms:
    gyre, gyp, gip
  3. A member of a Broadway musical chorus line.
  4. (dated) A person with a dark complexion.
  5. (dated) A sly, roguish woman.
  6. (colloquial, dated) A fortune teller.

See all 14 meanings of gypsy

Forms of gyptian

pluralgyptians

Questions about gyptian

What is gyptian the obsolete form of?
Gyptian is the obsolete form of gypsy.

Words near gyptian in the dictionary

  1. gypsyry
  2. gypsyweed
  3. gypsywise
  4. gypsywort
  5. gypsyworts
  6. gyptian
  7. gyptians
  8. gypwater
  9. gyr
  10. gyr falcon
  11. gyr falcons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gyptian (page history and authors); gypsy (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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