gypsyism

English

Alternative forms

• gipsyism

Etymology

gypsy +‎ -ism

Noun

gypsyism (countable and uncountable, plural gypsyisms)

1. The state of being a gypsy.
2. (offensive, ethnic slur) The practices or habits ascribed to gypsies, such as deception, cheating, and flattery.
3. 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.

4. The support of gypsies or gypsy beliefs, culture etc.

Usage notes

See notes at gypsy and Gypsy.

See also

• antigypsyism

References

• “gypsyism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.