gypsify

English

Etymology 1

From gypsum + -ify.

Verb

gypsify (third-person singular simple present gypsifies, present participle gypsifying, simple past and past participle gypsified)

  1. (geology) To diagenetically alter to gypsum.

Etymology 2

From gypsy + -ify.

Verb

gypsify (third-person singular simple present gypsifies, present participle gypsifying, simple past and past participle gypsified)

  1. (sometimes offensive) to become or make gypsy
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