α. 1600s gipsisme, 1600s gypsisme.
β. 1800s gypseyism, 1800s– gipseyism, 1800s– gipsyism, 1800s– gypsyism.
gypsyismn.
/ˈdʒɪpsɪɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈdʒɪpsiˌɪzəm/ Now rare.
The condition or fact of being a Gypsy, esp. characterized as a disreputable or otherwise unconventional way of life. In quot. a1635 with reference to the association of Gypsies with magic and fortune-telling. Cf. Gypsy n. and adj. Compounds 1b(a).
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1615 T. Overbury et al. New & Choise Characters with Wife (6th impr.) sig. G8v Some foule sunne-burnt queane, that since the terrible Statute recanted Gypsisme, and is turned Pedleresse.
a1635 T. Randolph Poems (1638) 53 Live not the Magi that so oft reveald Natures intents? is Gipsisme quite repeald? Is Friar Bacon nothing but a name?
1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 311 There are some hopes that in process of time her sin of gipsyism may be forgiven.
1969 Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey) 8 Apr. 17/1 The 1969 gypsy look is not created by an exact copying of costumes. The main idea is to capture the spirit, mood, and colors of gypsyism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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