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ungypsylike en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + gypsylike.

Meanings

1. Not gypsylike.
   • Only a very ungypsylike responsibility for one's own work could produce a prose which, in spite of its ambiguities, was as unadorned and translucent as his. 1966, Heinz Politzer, Franz Kafka; Parable and Paradox, page 26:
   • Richard had an ungypsylike ability to compare past and present situations, and he wished forlornly that old Amenophis Fikee hadn't disappeared, eight years ago; […] 2010, Tim Powers, The Anubis Gates:

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