gypsyism
English
Alternative forms
Noun
gypsyism (countable and uncountable, plural gypsyisms)
- The state of being a gypsy.
- (offensive, ethnic slur) The practices or habits ascribed to gypsies, such as deception, cheating, and flattery.
- A word or phrase used by gypsies.
- 2016, César Domínguez, Anxo Abuín González, Ellen Sapega, A Comparative History of Literatures in the Iberian Peninsula, page 35:
- The word is a gypsyism, one of many that we find in Spanish.
- The support of gypsies or gypsy beliefs, culture etc.
See also
References
- “gypsyism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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