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mournival Cards. Now only Hist.|ˈmɔənɪvəl|
Forms: 6 mornyfle, 7 mournaval, mornevall, mournivall, murnivall, mornivall, mournifal, (erron. murrinall), 8 mourneval, 7– mournival, murnival.
[a. F. mornifle, of obscure origin. The word also means ‘a slap in the face’, which is perh. the primary sense.]
1. A set of four aces, kings, queens, or knaves, in one hand. Also in figurative context.
1530Palsgr. 246/1 Mornyfle a maner of play, mornifle. 1614,1615[see gleek n.1 2]. 1674Cotton Gamester (1680) 68 A Mournival is either all the Aces, the four Kings, Queens, or Knaves. 1719D'Urfey Pills I. 331 I'se ne'er win by Mournival or blaze, Or conquering Knave. 1822Scott Nigel xvi, Concerning a certain game at gleek, and a certain mournival of aces held by his lordship.
†2. transf. A set of four (things or persons). Obs.
1625B. Jonson Staple of N. iv. Interm. 81 Cen. Let a protest goe out against him. Mir. A mourniuall of protests; or a gleeke at least! c1650J. Poole Eng. Parnassus (1657) 272 Elements..Natures first mournival. a1711Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 390 With his double mourneval of Eyes, Tarantula a poor Apulian spies. |