The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gypsy \Gyp"sy\ (j[i^]p"s[y^]), n.; pl. Gypsies (j[i^]p"s[i^]z). [OE. Gypcyan, F. ['e]gyptien Egyptian, gypsy, L. Aegyptius. See Egyptian.] [Also spelled gipsy and gypsey.]
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One of a vagabond race, whose tribes, coming originally from India, entered Europe in the 14th or 15th century, and are now scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain, England, etc., living by theft, fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Cf. Bohemian, Romany.
Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose, Beguiled me to the very heart of loss.
--Shak. The language used by the gypsies.
A dark-complexioned person.
--Shak.A cunning or crafty person. [Colloq.]
--Prior.
Wiktionary
n. (archaic form of gypsy English)
Wikipedia
Gypsey may refer to:
- Gypsey (spring), an intermittent spring or stream
- Gypsey Race, a small river in Yorkshire
A gypsey is a name given to intermittent springs and streams in the Yorkshire Wolds. Gypseys are streams formed from springs from the waterladen chalk that constitutes the Yorkshire Wolds. The springs flow in late winter or early spring, with the water emanating through unbroken turf.
In Wiltshire and Dorset the same phenonoma is known as winterbournes, in Kent known as nailbournes, and as lavants in Hampshire.
Usage examples of "gypsey".
The old gypsey mother struck upon the tambourine, and wanted to tell us our fortunes, but we drove past.