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▪ I. † ˈRomany1 Obs.
Forms: 4 Romani(e, -ye, Romaine, 5 Romaynge, Romayne.
[ad. OF. Romanie, ad. late L. Rōmānia (see Du Cange), f. Rōmānus roman a.]
The Roman Empire.
a1300Cursor M. 22319 He sal haue mikel lauerdhede Of romanie, and al þe impire. 13..Seuyn Sag. 2093 (W.), In al Poile ne Romanye Ne is so mochel tresorie. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xv. 559 Many man for crystes loue was martired in Romanye, Er any crystendome was knowe þere.
▪ II. † ˈRomany2 Sc. Obs.
Also 5 Romynis.
[a. OF. romine, roumine, rommeine (Godef.), of obscure origin: Palsgrave (200 and 559) gives it as rommenis, -ys, and equates it with peaux de Lombardie.]
romany buge (also Romany banes, Romany skins), some kind of small fur used for lining garments.
1495Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scotl. I. 227 For Romany buge to lyne the sammyne gowne. 1498Haliburton Acc. Bk. 74 Item a bred of Romany bowgh. Ibid. 171 Romynis bowgh. 1507–8Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scotl. IV. 19 For I Romany skinnis to the samyn. 1513Ibid. IV. 427 Half ane mantill of Romany banes. 1539Ibid. VII. 27 Item,..to lyne ane goun.., vj dosane ane skyn les romany buge.
▪ III. Romany3, n. and a.|ˈrɒmənɪ, ˈrəʊmənɪ|
Also Rommany, -anee, Romeny, -ani.
[Gipsy ˈRomani, fem. and pl. of ˈRomano adj., f. Rom gipsy: see Rom.]
1. A gipsy; also collect., the gipsies.
1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict., Romany, a gypsy. 1841Borrow Zincali Introd. (1846) 3 Some account of the Rommany, as I have seen them in other countries. Ibid. 12 The peculiar habits of the Rommanees. 1897Daily News 27 Jan. 6/5 The Romanies, or gipsies, are working in the last stage of poverty, and are very poorly fed.
2. The language of the gipsies.
1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict. s.v., To patter romany, is to talk the gypsy flash. 1841Borrow Zincali Introd. (1846) 5 Welcomes and blessings were poured forth in floods of musical Rommany. 1871M. Collins Marq. & Merch. I. vii. 221, I understand Romany pretty well. 1972Guardian 28 Nov. 14/3 The Gipsy Council is..printing readers..in Romani and English.
3. attrib. or as adj. = gipsy 4 and 5.
1841Borrow Zincali Introd. (1846) 5 One of the principal attractions of a Rommany choir at Moscow. Ibid. 21 Their tricks and Rommany arts. 1871M. Collins Marq. & Merch. I. i. 47 The gipsy language—the Romany speech. 1877M. M. Grant Sun-Maid i, The Spanish remnant of the old Romany tribes. 1899F. H. Groome Gypsy Folk-Tales p. lxxx, Bakht, the Rómani word for ‘luck’ or ‘fortune’. 1973New Society 6 Dec. 595/1 Joint general secretary of the World Romani Congress. 1976Word 1971 XXVII. 357 Romani-English is distinctive because it has developed largely within a closed community.
b. Special Combs., as Romany chal, Romanichal [chal], a (male) gypsy; Romany chi |tʃaɪ| [Romany chai girl], a gypsy girl; Romany rye [rye n.3], a man, not a gypsy, who associates with gypsies.
1843Borrow Zincali (ed. 2) I. 32 Those were brave times for the Rommany chals. 1851[see gorgio]. 1953J. de B. Levy As Gypsies Wander i. 38 His pleasure was extreme when he first heard that non-Gypsy people had written poems in praise of Romanichals. 1960G. E. C. Webb Gypsies i. 19 Whoever heard of a gorgio coming up to a Romanichal and greeting him with words of the old language?
1857Romany chi [see gorgio]. 1876[see chal]. 1933K. Bercovici (title) The Romany chai.
1851Borrow Lavengro II. xxvi. 236 Here the Gypsy gemman bee, With his Roman jib and his rome and dree—Rome and dree, rum and dry Rally round the Rommany Rye. 1857― Romany Rye II. ix. 113 ‘I'll bet a crown,’ said the jockey, ‘that you be the young chap what certain folks call ‘The Romany Rye’.’ 1915F. Cuttriss Romany Life xi. 242 He introduced me as a Romany Rye. 1929K. Bercovici Story of Gypsies x. 231 What is most astounding..is the mention made of the natives of England of good families who were found in the company of these Gypsies... Who could they be, these gentlemen, these first Romany ryes? 1973Cassell's Encycl. World Lit. (rev. ed.) I. 489/1 The Gypsy Lore Society in Liverpool, which was founded by the American Romany Rye Charles Godfrey Leland. |