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gype

The English word “gype” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. fool; clumsy, awkward person
  2. long-legged person
  3. silly boy

Etymology

From Scots gype (“foolish, awkward person”). Compare Old Norse geip (“nonsense”).

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