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Traditional English :: gypsophila
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gypsiferous.html - n. any plant of the genus Gypsophila, with a profusion of small usu. white composite flowers. [mod.L f. Gk gupsos chalk + philos loving] |
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Traditional English :: gypsum
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gypsiferous.html - n. a hydrated form of calcium sulphate occurring naturally and used to make plaster of Paris and in the building industry. gypseous adj. gypsiferous adj. [L f. Gk gupsos] |
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Traditional English :: Gypsy
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gypsiferous.html - n. (also Gipsy) (pl. -ies) 1 a member of a nomadic people of Europe and N. America, of Hindu origin with dark skin and hair, and speaking a language related to Hindi. 2 (gypsy) a person resembling or living like a Gypsy. gypsy moth a kind of tussock moth, Lymantria dispar, of which the larvae are very destructive to foliage. Gypsydom n. Gypsyfied adj. Gypsyhood n. Gypsyish adj. [earlier gipcyan, gipsen f. EGYPTIAN, from the supposed origin of Gypsies when they appeared in England in the early 16th c.] |
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Traditional English :: gyp(1)
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gypsiferous.html - n. Brit. colloq. 1 pain or severe discomfort. 2 a scolding (gave them gyp). [19th c.: perh. f. gee-up (see GEE(2) ))] |
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Traditional English :: gyp(2)
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gypsiferous.html - n.
Brit. a college servant at Cambridge and Durham. [perh. f. obs. gippo scullion, orig. a man's short tunic, f. obs. F jupeau] |
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Traditional English :: gyp(3)
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gypsiferous.html - v. & n. sl. --v.tr. (gypped, gypping) cheat, swindle. --n. an act of cheating; a swindle. [19th c.: perh. f. GYP(2)] |
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