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Romany

[ US /ˈɹɑməni, ˈɹoʊməni/ ]
NOUN
  1. the Indic language of the Gypsies
  2. a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)
ADJECTIVE
  1. of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture
    Romani nomads
    Romany folk songs
    a Gypsy fortune-teller

How To Use Romany In A Sentence

  • Borrow's life, for, soon after, when he first came among gypsy tents, and saw the long-haired woman with skin dark and swarthy like that of a toad, and a particularly evil expression, and when her husband threatened to baste the intruder with a ladle, the boy broke forth into what in Romany would be called a "gillie," or ditty, ending -- Souvenir of the George Borrow Celebration Norwich, July 5th, 1913
  • The Court declined to confine the term to persons of Romany origin.
  • I should ha 'begun the Romany rokkerpen with you, only you ain't got the Romany glime in your eyes. Aylwin
  • It was a Romany pendant and it had `Good Fortune "on it in our language. THE BLACK OPAL
  • I reckon my love of nature and of wild places started out with Romany.
  • Sinfi's creed did not surprise me: the mixture of guile and simplicity in the Romany race is only understood by the few who know it thoroughly: the race whose profession it is to cheat by fortune-telling, to read the false 'dukkeripen' as being 'good enough for the Gorgios,' believe profoundly in nature's symbols; but her bearing did surprise me. Aylwin
  • Schoolchildren spent a day in the life of a Romany traveller when a festival of caravans dropped in.
  • Kek rya, -- mandy _never_ chored a kani an 'adre sixty beshes kenna' at mandy's been apre the drumyors, an 'sar dovo chirus mandy never dikked or shuned or jinned of a Romany chal's chorin yeck. The Gypsies
  • The minority in Slovakia prefers the name Roma, meaning "man" in Romany dialects. MAIL CALL
  • In college, Mr. Young earned extra money working at his father's restaurant, the Roumanian Inn and Romany Room, which was later renamed Paul Young's Restaurant. Restaurant owner, outlet mall executive
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