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   gyp·sy

   /ˈjipsē/

   noun

   • 1. a member of a people originating in South Asia and traditionally having an itinerant way of life, living widely dispersed across Europe and North and South America and speaking a language (Romani) that is related to Hindi; a Romani person.
   • 2. a nomadic or free-spirited person: "why should she choose to wander the world with a penniless gypsy like me?"

   adjective

   • 1. (of a business or business person) nonunion or unlicensed: informal, dated US "gypsy trucking firms"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: originally gipcyan, short for Egyptian (because Gypsies were popularly supposed to have come from Egypt).

   Derivatives

   • 1. gypsyish adjective

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • G

     2

   • Y

     4

   • P

     3

   • S

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   • Y

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