‖ Zingano
(ˈzɪŋgənəʊ)
Pl. -ani. Also anglicized 6 cingane, 7–8 zingan; pl. 7, 9 zinganies.
[Italian. For the etymology, see Miklosisch in Denkschr. d. k. Akad. (Wien) XXVI. 55–64, Wiener in Archiv f. d. Studium d. neueren Spr. CIX. 295–6.]
= Zingaro, -ara.
| 1581 G. Pettie Guazzo's Civ. Conv. i. (1586) 26 Your meaning is..that as it is lawfull onelie for the Cinganes to robbe, so these also haue priuiledge to plaie in open streete. 1600 J. Pory tr. Leo's Africa vii. 290 In that iourney they are exceedingly molested by certaine theeues called Zingani. 1684 T. Smith in Phil. Trans. XIV. 446 There are thousands of Gypsies or Zinganies in Turkey. a 1733 Chishull Trav. Turkey (1747) 93 A gang of Zingans, or gypses. 1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. I. 249 They were very sweet nondescripts, but not very perfect beggars; and far, far indeed from perfect Zinganies. |