gypsy
gypsy is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The language used by the gypsies. Shak.
- 2.A dark-complexioned person. Shak.
- 3.A cunning or crafty person [Collog.] Prior.
- 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.
- 5.To play the gypsy; to picnic in the woods. Mostly. Gyp"sy*ing, vb. n.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abroad
- acrobat
- actor
- adventurer
- and
- ass
- bel
- bidder
- bon
- buffoon
- bungler
- bunko
- cap
- capper
- caricaturist
- carpetbagger
- charlatan
- cheat
- clothing
- clown
- cockatrice
- conjuror
- corps
- crimp
- dandy
- deceive
- deceiver
- decoy
- devil
- dissembler
- duck
- empiric
- epigrammatist
- esprit
- faker
- false
- flusher
- fool
- four
- fraud
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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