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单词 quintille
释义

quintillen.

Brit. /kwɪnˈtiːl/, U.S. /kwɪnˈtil/
Forms: Also occasionally with capital initial.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French quintille.
Etymology: < French quintille (1680) < quinte fifth (see quint n.1) + -ille (see -illa suffix), perhaps after quadrille , name of a card game (although this is first attested later, as are its equivalents in other languages: see quadrille n.2). Compare earlier quadrille n.2Spanish quintillo (1803 or earlier), which is sometimes suggested to be the etymon of the French word, is apparently itself < French. Compare also Spanish cinquillo (1780 or earlier).
Cards. Now historical.
A form of ombre for five players.
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renegado1674
penny-ombre1710
quintille?1720
tresillo1829
mediator1902
?1720 Game of Quadrille (title page) To which is added, the Game of Quintille, or Ombre by Five, both after the Old and New Manner.
1734 R. Seymour Compl. Gamester (ed. 3) i. 46 Quintille, or Ombre by Five, from whence Quadrille has its Original.
1768 tr. Abbé Bellecour Acad. Play (title page) Containing, a full description of, and the laws of play..relative to..piquet, quadrille, ombre, quintille.
1902 Ld. Aldenham Game of Ombre (ed. 3) 6 Quadrille, Quintille, Piquemedrille, Tredrille, Sextille, and Mediator, which are all variations of the Game of Ombre.
1928 W. H. Irving John Gay's London iv. 268 Half-a-crown was little enough to pay for full instructions on ombre, quadrille, quintille, picquet, basset, faro,..and billiards.
1990 D. Parlett Oxf. Guide Card Games ii. 26 The five-handed version of Hombre practised in late seventeenth-century Spain under the name Cinquillo, later revived by the French in an extension of Quadrille called Quintille.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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