piquetn.¹

Brit.

/pᵻˈkɛt/,

/pᵻˈkeɪ/, U.S.

/piˈkeɪ/,

/pəˈkeɪ/

Forms: 1600s pichet (perhaps transmission error), 1600s pickquet, 1600s piket, 1600s–1800s picquet, 1600s– piquet, 1700s picket, 1700s pickette, 1700s picquette, 1700s 1900s– piquette.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French piquet.

Etymology: < French piquet (1622), apparently < pic piquet (see pique n.²) + -et -et suffix¹. Compare German Piquet (a1640). N.E.D. (1907) also gives the pronunciation (pike·t) /piːˈkɛt/.

A card game for two players with a pack of thirty-two cards (the two to the six of each suit being excluded), in which points are scored by making declarations and by winning tricks. Also called piquet au cent to distinguish it from other forms of piquet, especially rubicon (Rubicon n. 2); cf. cent n.² 1.Earlier versions of the game were played with a pack of thirty-six cards.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > piquet > [noun]

piquet1646

1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ x. 150 For Cardes..a mans fancy would be sum'd up in cribbidge; Glecke requires a vigilant memory; Maw a pregnant agility; Picket [printed Pichet] a various invention.

1651 (title) The Royall and delightfull Game of Picquet.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 198. ¶1 She admits a Male Visitant to her Bed-side, plays with him a whole Afternoon at Pickette.

1734 A. Pope Epist. to Visct. Cobham 8 His pride is in Piquette, Newmarket-fame, and judgment at a Bett.

1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 272 A Piquet pack now consists of thirty-two cards only.

1873 A. Trollope Eustace Diamonds I. iii. 34 She knew every rule at croquet, and could play piquet.

1881 ‘Cavendish’ Laws of Piquet (ed. 2) 27 Piquet au cent is played a hundred-and-one up in some parts of France at the present day; but the practice in this country..is to make the game a hundred up.

1938 A. Sullivan Fur Masters vii. 124 In the evening they will play écarté or chess or piquette and read the papers.

1991 D. Parlett Hist. Card Games xiv. 177 In the late nineteenth century the game of Piquet au Cent, or Hundred Up Piquet, was replaced by a new structure under the name Rubicon Piquet. In the old game play continued until one player reached 100 points.

1993 C. Harrod-Eagles Dynasty 15: Reckoning (BNC) 196 He would come to the drawing-room and ask Polly to play and sing to him, or engage her in a game of piquet or chess.

Derivatives

† piquetist n. Obsolete a piquet player.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > piquet > [noun] > player

piquetist1899

1899 Speaker 25 Mar. 339/1 David Gregorie,..a noted piquetist, invited him to a three nights' contest.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† piquetn.²

Forms: 1700s piquette, 1700s piquet.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: picotee n.

Etymology: Apparently shortened < picotee n. (compare forms at that entry).

Obsolete.

= picotee n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > pinks or carnations

gillyflower1517

carnation1538

clove gillyflower1538

incarnation1538

William1538

pink1566

John1572

Indian eye1573

sops-in-wine1573

sweet John1573

sweet-william1573

tuft gillyflower1573

Colmenier1578

small honesty1578

tol-me-neer1578

London tuft1597

maidenly pink1597

mountain pink1597

clove-carnation1605

musk-gillyflower1607

London pride1629

pride of London1629

maiden pink1650

Indian pink1664

Spanish pink1664

pheasant's eye pink1718

flake1727

flame1727

picotee1727

old man's head1731

painted lady1731

piquet1731

China-pink1736

clove1746

wild pink1753

lime-wort1777

matted thrift1792

clove-pink1837

Cheddar Pink1843

Dianthus1849

bunch pink1857

perpetual-flowering carnation1861

cliff pink1863

meadow pink1866

musk carnation1866

Jack1873

wax-pink1891

Malmaison1892

grenadin1904

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Caryophyllus The third [class of carnations] are call'd Piquette's; these flowers have always a white ground, and are spotted (or pounced, as they call it) with scarlet, red, purple, or other Colours.

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 323 Piquets, Dianthus.

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Piquette,..a beautiful kind of carnation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	piquet
释义	piquetn.¹ Brit. /pᵻˈkɛt/, /pᵻˈkeɪ/, U.S. /piˈkeɪ/, /pəˈkeɪ/ Forms: 1600s pichet (perhaps transmission error), 1600s pickquet, 1600s piket, 1600s–1800s picquet, 1600s– piquet, 1700s picket, 1700s pickette, 1700s picquette, 1700s 1900s– piquette. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French piquet. Etymology: < French piquet (1622), apparently < pic piquet (see pique n.²) + -et -et suffix¹. Compare German Piquet (a1640). N.E.D. (1907) also gives the pronunciation (pike·t) /piːˈkɛt/. A card game for two players with a pack of thirty-two cards (the two to the six of each suit being excluded), in which points are scored by making declarations and by winning tricks. Also called piquet au cent to distinguish it from other forms of piquet, especially rubicon (Rubicon n. 2); cf. cent n.² 1.Earlier versions of the game were played with a pack of thirty-six cards. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > piquet > [noun] piquet1646 1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ x. 150 For Cardes..a mans fancy would be sum'd up in cribbidge; Glecke requires a vigilant memory; Maw a pregnant agility; Picket [printed Pichet] a various invention. 1651 (title) The Royall and delightfull Game of Picquet. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 198. ¶1 She admits a Male Visitant to her Bed-side, plays with him a whole Afternoon at Pickette. 1734 A. Pope Epist. to Visct. Cobham 8 His pride is in Piquette, Newmarket-fame, and judgment at a Bett. 1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 272 A Piquet pack now consists of thirty-two cards only. 1873 A. Trollope Eustace Diamonds I. iii. 34 She knew every rule at croquet, and could play piquet. 1881 ‘Cavendish’ Laws of Piquet (ed. 2) 27 Piquet au cent is played a hundred-and-one up in some parts of France at the present day; but the practice in this country..is to make the game a hundred up. 1938 A. Sullivan Fur Masters vii. 124 In the evening they will play écarté or chess or piquette and read the papers. 1991 D. Parlett Hist. Card Games xiv. 177 In the late nineteenth century the game of Piquet au Cent, or Hundred Up Piquet, was replaced by a new structure under the name Rubicon Piquet. In the old game play continued until one player reached 100 points. 1993 C. Harrod-Eagles Dynasty 15: Reckoning (BNC) 196 He would come to the drawing-room and ask Polly to play and sing to him, or engage her in a game of piquet or chess. Derivatives † piquetist n. Obsolete a piquet player. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > piquet > [noun] > player piquetist1899 1899 Speaker 25 Mar. 339/1 David Gregorie,..a noted piquetist, invited him to a three nights' contest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † piquetn.² Forms: 1700s piquette, 1700s piquet. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: picotee n. Etymology: Apparently shortened < picotee n. (compare forms at that entry). Obsolete. = picotee n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > pinks or carnations gillyflower1517 carnation1538 clove gillyflower1538 incarnation1538 William1538 pink1566 John1572 Indian eye1573 sops-in-wine1573 sweet John1573 sweet-william1573 tuft gillyflower1573 Colmenier1578 small honesty1578 tol-me-neer1578 London tuft1597 maidenly pink1597 mountain pink1597 clove-carnation1605 musk-gillyflower1607 London pride1629 pride of London1629 maiden pink1650 Indian pink1664 Spanish pink1664 pheasant's eye pink1718 flake1727 flame1727 picotee1727 old man's head1731 painted lady1731 piquet1731 China-pink1736 clove1746 wild pink1753 lime-wort1777 matted thrift1792 clove-pink1837 Cheddar Pink1843 Dianthus1849 bunch pink1857 perpetual-flowering carnation1861 cliff pink1863 meadow pink1866 musk carnation1866 Jack1873 wax-pink1891 Malmaison1892 grenadin1904 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Caryophyllus The third [class of carnations] are call'd Piquette's; these flowers have always a white ground, and are spotted (or pounced, as they call it) with scarlet, red, purple, or other Colours. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 323 Piquets, Dianthus. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Piquette,..a beautiful kind of carnation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.¹1646n.²1731
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