cardecun.

Brit.

/ˈkɑːdᵻkjuː/, U.S.

/ˈkɑrdəˌkju/

Forms: 1600s cardakew, 1600s cardecew, 1600s cardekue, 1600s cardescue, 1600s cardicue, 1600s–1700s cardecue, 1600s–1700s cardeque, 1600s–1700s quardecu, 1600s–1700s quardecue, 1700s– cardecu; also Scottish pre-1700 kairdiqu, pre-1700 kairdique, pre-1700 kardikue, pre-1700 kerdikew, pre-1700 quartisdiskue.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French quart d'écu.

Etymology: < Middle French, French quart d'écu a coin worth a quarter of an écu (1566 or earlier) < quart quart n.² + de de prep. + écu écu n.

Now historical and rare.

An English name for: the quart d'écu, a French silver coin worth a quarter of the écu, or 15 sous tournois.The coin was first issued in the late 16th cent., and remained in use until the 18th cent.

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1605 Hist. Tryall Cheualry sig. E1 There's a Cardicue to wash downe melancholy.

1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. H4 I compounded with them for a cardakew.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Quart d'escu, a Teston or Quardecue; a siluer peece of coyne worth 18d. sterl.

1645 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1645/7/24/61 The Rose Noble ellevine pund, the Kairdiqu tuentie shillings.

1657 J. Howell Londinopolis 372 There comes not a Quardecu in every Crown clearly to the Kings Coffers, which is but the fourth part.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Berks. 95 In the Court of France, the Kings Jester moved to have..a Cardescue of every one who carried a Watch about him, and cared not how he employed his Time.

1727 W. Mather Young Man's Compan. (ed. 13) 236 Silver..Old Cardecus..value 1s. 6d. 1 farthing.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. ii. 61 The bunch of them were not worth a cardecu.

2018 A. Tubb Thomas Violet, Sly & Dangerous Fellow i. 13 In the early 1630s the cardecu was widely circulated ‘amongst the Bankers’ in Calais.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cardecu
释义	cardecun. Brit. /ˈkɑːdᵻkjuː/, U.S. /ˈkɑrdəˌkju/ Forms: 1600s cardakew, 1600s cardecew, 1600s cardekue, 1600s cardescue, 1600s cardicue, 1600s–1700s cardecue, 1600s–1700s cardeque, 1600s–1700s quardecu, 1600s–1700s quardecue, 1700s– cardecu; also Scottish pre-1700 kairdiqu, pre-1700 kairdique, pre-1700 kardikue, pre-1700 kerdikew, pre-1700 quartisdiskue. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French quart d'écu. Etymology: < Middle French, French quart d'écu a coin worth a quarter of an écu (1566 or earlier) < quart quart n.² + de de prep. + écu écu n. Now historical and rare. An English name for: the quart d'écu, a French silver coin worth a quarter of the écu, or 15 sous tournois.The coin was first issued in the late 16th cent., and remained in use until the 18th cent. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > French coins > silver scutec1400 shieldc1405 tracent1524 French crown1542 franc1603 cardecu1605 escuc1663 target1671 silver lewis1689 écu1704 1605 Hist. Tryall Cheualry sig. E1 There's a Cardicue to wash downe melancholy. 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. H4 I compounded with them for a cardakew. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Quart d'escu, a Teston or Quardecue; a siluer peece of coyne worth 18d. sterl. 1645 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1645/7/24/61 The Rose Noble ellevine pund, the Kairdiqu tuentie shillings. 1657 J. Howell Londinopolis 372 There comes not a Quardecu in every Crown clearly to the Kings Coffers, which is but the fourth part. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Berks. 95 In the Court of France, the Kings Jester moved to have..a Cardescue of every one who carried a Watch about him, and cared not how he employed his Time. 1727 W. Mather Young Man's Compan. (ed. 13) 236 Silver..Old Cardecus..value 1s. 6d. 1 farthing. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. ii. 61 The bunch of them were not worth a cardecu. 2018 A. Tubb Thomas Violet, Sly & Dangerous Fellow i. 13 In the early 1630s the cardecu was widely circulated ‘amongst the Bankers’ in Calais. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1605
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