Gypsy
['dʒɪpsi]
Definition
(noun.) a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America).
Edited by Elise--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One of a vagabond race, whose tribes, coming originally from India, entered Europe in 14th or 15th centry, and are now scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain, England, etc., living by theft, fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Cf. Bohemian, Romany.
(n.) The language used by the gypsies.
(n.) A dark-complexioned person.
(n.) A cunning or crafty person
(a.) Pertaining to, or suitable for, gypsies.
(v. i.) To play the gypsy; to picnic in the woods.
Checker: Rene
Definition
n. one of a wandering race originally from India now scattered over Europe: one with a dark complexion: a sly roguish woman.—adj. unconventional outdoor.—ns. Gip′sydom; Gip′syism.—Gipsy hat a hat for women with large flaps at the sides; Gipsy table a form of light fancy table; Gipsy wagon a wagon or van like a dwelling on wheels used by gipsies and travelling photographers.
Checker: Selma
Unserious Contents or Definition
If you dream of visiting a gypsy camp, you will have an offer of importance and will investigate the standing of the parties to your disadvantage. For a woman to have a gypsy tell her fortune, is an omen of a speedy and unwise marriage. If she is already married, she will be unduly jealous of her husband. For a man to hold any conversation with a gypsy, he will be likely to lose valuable property. To dream of trading with a gypsy, you will lose money in speculation. This dream denotes that material pleasures are the biggest items in your life.
Editor: Nat
Examples
- But, he, Pablo, blinded the _guardia civil_ who was wounded, the gypsy insisted. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- No, no; it must be something else if he were really vexed, Ladislaw is a sort of gypsy; he thinks nothing of leather and prunella. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- That is something truly rare, the gypsy said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The gypsy aimed carefully and fired and as he jerked the bolt back and ejected the shell Robert Jordan said, Over. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Primitivo and the gypsy had the others. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But both the gypsy and Anselmo were out of sight. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There are two asleep in the cave, the gypsy said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- You will kill off Pilar, Anselmo, Agustín, Primitivo, this jumpy Eladio, the worthless gypsy and old Fernando, and you won't get your bridge blown. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The best, the gypsy said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Not counting the gypsy. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Are the Indians then gypsies? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But the gypsies have many laws they do not admit to having. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- We have found traces which show that a party of gypsies encamped on Monday night within a mile of the spot where the murder took place. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- And what do gypsies do in the war? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It is more cold within her, than a fire left by gypsies in winter-time, the spent embers crowned by a pyramid of snow. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- They do not send those after gypsies. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They keep on being gypsies. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Non-gypsies have a little luck sometimes. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She is against gypsies. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- To me there is a great difference between the bear and the man and I do not believe the wizardry of the gypsies about the brotherhood with animals. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Edited by Ellis