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.