Blue Lover

During the 16th and 17th centuries the name was written in various ways: Egipcian, Egypcian, ‘gypcian. The word gypsy comes from the spellings which had lost the initial capital E, and this is one reason why it is often spelled with the initial g in lowercase.[21] As time elapsed, the notion of ‘the Gypsy’ altered to include other associated stereotypes such as nomadism and exoticism.[22] John Matthews in The World Atlas of Divination refer to gypsies as “Wise Women.”[23] Colloquially, gipsy may refer to any person perceived as fitting the Gypsy stereotypes .[24] The gipsy is a common word used to indicate Romani people, Tinkers and Travellers. It may or may not be considered to carry pejorative connotations by those so described,[25][26][27] and use of the word “Gipsy” in English is so pervasive (and is a legal term under English law—see below) that many Romani organizations use it in their own organizational names.