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gipsyism|ˈdʒɪpsɪɪz(ə)m|
Also 7 gyp-, gipsisme.
[f. gipsy n. + -ism.]
The life and pursuits of gipsies, or what resembles this.
a1613Overbury A Wife (1638) 128 Some foule sunne⁓burnt Queane, that since the terrible statute recanted Gypsisme, and is turned Pedleresse. a1634Randolph Poems (1640) 48 Live not the Magi that so oft reveal'd Natures intents? is Gipsisme quite repeald? Is Friar Bacon nothing but a name? 1826Miss Mitford Village Ser. ii. (1863) 458 There are some hopes that in process of time her sin of gipsyism may be forgiven. 1841Borrow Zincali (1843) I. 28 Gypsyism was denounced as felony by various royal statutes. 1874Borrow Romano Lavo-Lil 266 Strange wild guests..who, without being Gypsies, have much of Gypsyism in their habits. |