piquet
/pɪˈkɛt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A game of cards for two people, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes being set aside.
Uncountable
name
A surname from French.
Example Sentences
- "Maria my love you look grave. Come, you sit down to Piquet with Mr. Surface."
- "The two wedding parties met constantly in each other's apartments. After two or three nights the gentlemen of an evening had a little piquet, as their wives sate and chatted apart."
- "They would kick off their shoes and play piquet by candle-light."
- "We shall together challenge the Chevalier de Belleroche to piquet; and, while we are winning money from him, we shall have the even greater pleasure of hearing you sing with your charming teacher, to whom I shall propose it."
Etymology
From French piquet.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: piquet