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baritsu

/bɑːˈɹɪtsuː/

baritsu noun: bartitsu, a martial art, based on jujitsu, popular in late-Victorian England.

Noun

baritsu (uncountable)

  1. Bartitsu, a martial art, based on jujitsu, popular in late-Victorian England.
    • We tottered together upon the brink of the fall. I have some knowledge, however, of baritsu, or the Japanese system of wrestling, which has more than once been very useful to me.1903, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Empty House

baritsu meaning in Bengali

baritsu in Bengali

বার্টিটসু

Forms of baritsu

alternative formBartitsu

Origin of baritsu

Variant of Bartitsu, used mainly after Conan Doyle (for whom it may have been a misprint).

Questions about baritsu

What does baritsu mean?
Baritsu means bartitsu, a martial art, based on jujitsu, popular in late-Victorian England.
What is baritsu in Bengali?
Baritsu in Bengali is বার্টিটসু. See Baritsu meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is baritsu?
Baritsu is a noun.
How do you pronounce baritsu?
Baritsu is pronounced /bɑːˈɹɪtsuː/.

Words near baritsu in the dictionary

  1. baritones
  2. baritonist
  3. baritonists
  4. baritons
  5. baritosis
  6. baritsu
  7. barium
  8. barium arsenate
  9. barium chloride
  10. barium copper disilicate
  11. barium copper silicate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: baritsu (page history and authors); baritsu (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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