gifra

Updated: February 15, 2026

Gibberish may have come from the Gipsy, and at the same time owe something to gabble, jabber, and the old Norse or Icelandic gifra. Lush may owe something to Mr Lushington, something to the earlier English lush, or rosy, and something to the Gipsy and Sanskrit.

Charles Godfrey Leland - The English Gipsies and Their Language