Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gipsying

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gip-sy-ing
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of gipsy

noun

An excursion into the countryside.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables Meantime she sang: her song was — “In the days when we went gipsying, / A long time ago." I had often heard the song before, and always with lively delight; for Bessie had a sweet voice, — at least, I thought so."
"His friend Finlay had returned from the West Indies, and, making a tour through England and Ireland, bent his steps to the North to revisit the scenes of his youthful gipsyings with Miller."

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

gipsyings (plural)

Questions

What does gipsying mean?: present participle and gerund of gipsy

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