What does "gypsy" mean?

Gypsy: The language used by the gypsies. Shak.

Additional senses

  1. 2.A dark-complexioned person. Shak.
  2. 3.A cunning or crafty person [Collog.] Prior.
  3. 4.Pertaining to, or suitable for, gypsies. Gypsy hat, a woman's or child's broad-brimmed hat, usually of straw or felt. -- Gypsy winch, a small winch, which may be operated by a crank, or by a ratchet and pawl through a lever working up and down.
  4. 5.To play the gypsy; to picnic in the woods. Mostly. Gyp"sy*ing, vb. n.

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