gipsey

GIP'SEY, n. The Gipseys are a race of vagabonds which infest Europe, Africa and Asia, strolling about and subsisting mostly by theft, robbery and fortune-telling. The name is supposed to be corrupted from Egyptian, as they were thought to have come from Egypt. But their language indicates that they originated in Hindoostan.

1. A reproachful name for a dark complexion.

2. A name of slight reproach to a woman; sometimes implying artifice or cunning.

A slave I am to Clara's eyes:

The gipsey knows her power and flies.

GIP'SEY, n. The language of the gipseys.