gypsyhoodn.
/ˈdʒɪpsɪhʊd/, U.S. /ˈdʒɪpsiˌhʊd/ Romani people collectively. Also: the state or condition of being Romani.
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1818 C. Atkinson Life & Adventures Eccentric Traveller 73 I beheld one of the sister gipsyhood, and shall never forget the impression she made upon my mind at the time.
1854 J. G. Whittier Lit. Recreations & Misc. 361 It has been said..that their ancestors were indeed a veritable importation of English gypsyhood.
2007 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 4 Mar. 60 Down's syndrome, no more than Jewishness or gypsyhood, is not something that needs to be wiped out for the good of humanity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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