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gypsify en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

From gypsum + -ify.

Meanings

  1. To diagenetically alter to gypsum.

Forms

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gypsifies Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
gypsified Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gypsified Tense=Past lexicographic
gypsifying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

gypsification

gypsify en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From gypsy + -ify.

Meanings

  1. (offensive, sometimes) To become or make gypsy.
    • Now, his instrument was not hard to identify as a concert grand, by its enormously hard wood block, by the astounding coldness of tone, by the gypsifying strings which were fatter than a female jurisprudent, fatter than a woman with a law degree; 2013, Jürg Laederach, Whole of Life:

Forms

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gypsyfy alternative lexicographic
gypsified Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gypsified Tense=Past lexicographic
gypsifying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gypsifies Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic