bezique
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Definition
Noun: 1. A card game for two players: Bezique is a trick-taking card game historically popular in the 19th century. It is played with a special deck of 48 cards, formed by removing cards ranked 2 through 6 from a standard 52-card deck, leaving only the high cards (Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7) in each suit. The game's mechanics share similarities with whist, involving the playing of tricks, but it features unique scoring combinations like marriages and sequences.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- In the quiet parlor, the elderly gentlemen spent their afternoons playing a leisurely game of bezique.
- Bezique requires not only luck but also strategic planning to declare scoring combinations.
- She found an antique set of bezique markers among her grandfather's belongings.
Advanced Usage
- "To play a game of bezique": This is the standard construction for describing participation in the game.
- They agreed to play a game of bezique to pass the time.
Variants and Related Words
- Penuchle/Pinochle (Noun): A related and more modern card game for two to four players that evolved from bezique and uses a similar deck. It is more commonly played today.
- After learning bezique, they moved on to its descendant, pinochle.
Synonyms
- Card game: The general category to which bezique belongs.
- Trick-taking game: Describes the core mechanic of the game, where players win rounds (tricks).
Related Terms (Game-Specific)
- Marriage (in Bezique): A scoring combination consisting of the King and Queen of the same suit, or specifically the Queen of Spades and Jack of Diamonds (known as ).
- Sequence (in Bezique): A scoring combination of five consecutive cards of the same suit (A, 10, K, Q, J).
- Declare (in Bezique): The action of presenting a scoring combination to earn points.
Noun
- a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist