单词 | Gypsy |
释义 | Gypsy n. (also Gipsy) (pl. -ies)   1. a member of a nomadic people of Europe and N. America, of Hindu origin with dark skin and hair, and speaking a language related to Hindi.   2. (gypsy) a person resembling or living like a Gypsy. Phrases and idioms gypsy moth a kind of tussock moth, Lymantria dispar, of which the larvae are very destructive to foliage. Derivatives Gypsydom n. Gypsyfied adj. Gypsyhood n. Gypsyish adj. Etymology: earlier gipcyan, gipsen f. EGYPTIAN, from the supposed origin of Gypsies when they appeared in England in the early 16th c. |
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