gypsyhoodn.
/ˈdʒɪpsɪhʊd/, U.S. /ˈdʒɪpsiˌhʊd/ Romani people collectively. Also: the state or condition of being Romani.
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1818 C. Atkinson Life & Adventures Eccentric Traveller 73 I beheld one of the sister gipsyhood, and shall never forget the impression she made upon my mind at the time.
1854 J. G. Whittier Lit. Recreations & Misc. 361 It has been said..that their ancestors were indeed a veritable importation of English gypsyhood.
2007 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 4 Mar. 60 Down's syndrome, no more than Jewishness or gypsyhood, is not something that needs to be wiped out for the good of humanity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1818- sugar-louse
- sugar-machinery
- sugar-maker
- sugar-making
- sugar-man
- sugar-manufacturer
- sugar-maple borer
- sugar-maple land
- sugar-maple tree
- sugar-meat
- sugar-melon
- sugar-millet
- sugar-mite
- sugar-mould
- sugar-on-snow
- sugar-orchard
- sugar-pan
- sugar-paper
- sugar-paste
- sugar-pear
- sugar-pellet
- sugar-penide
- sugar-pennye
- sugar-pie
- sugar-pine