1. [n]  the Indic language of the Gypsies
2. [n]  a member of a nomadic people originating in northern India and now living on all continents
3. [adj]  of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture; "Romani nomads"; "Romany folk songs"; "a Gypsy fortune-teller"

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1. \Gyp"sy\, n.; pl. {Gypsies}. [OE. Gypcyan, F. gyptien
   Egyptian, gypsy, L. Aegyptius. See {Egyptian}.] [Also spelled
   gipsy and gypsey.]
   1. One of a vagabond race, whose tribes, coming originally
      from India, entered Europe in 14th or 15th centry, and are
      now scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain,
      England, etc., living by theft, fortune telling,
      horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Cf. {Bohemian}, {Romany}.
            Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose,
            Beguiled me to the very heart of loss. --Shak.
   2. The language used by the gypsies. --Shak.
   3. A dark-complexioned person. --Shak.
   4. A cunning or crafty person [Collog.] --Prior.
   

2. \Gyp"sy\ a.
   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.
   

3. \Gyp"sy\, v. i.
   To play the gypsy; to picnic in the woods. Mostly.
   {Gyp"sy*ing}, vb. n.
   

4. \Gyp"sy\, or Gipsy moth \Gip"sy, moth\ .
   A tussock moth (Ocneria dispar) native of the Old World, but
   accidentally introduced into eastern Massachusetts about
   1869, where its caterpillars have done great damage to fruit,
   shade, and forest trees of many kinds. The male gypsy moth is
   yellowish brown, the female white, and larger than the male.
   In both sexes the wings are marked by dark lines and a dark
   lunule. The caterpillars, when full-grown, have a grayish
   mottled appearance, with blue tubercles on the anterior and
   red tubercles on the posterior part of the body, all giving
   rise to long yellow and black hairs. They usually pupate in
   July and the moth appears in August. The eggs are laid on
   tree trunks, rocks, etc., and hatch in the spring.
   

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["Report on the Language Gypsy", A.L. Ambler et al, UT Austin ICSCS-CMP-1976-08-1].