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besique

besique is the archaic form of bezique.

Meaning of bezique

Noun

bezique (countable and uncountable, plural beziques)

  1. A trick-taking card game for two players.
    • Queen Elizabeth II does not play, preferring racing demon, complicated games of solitaire and six-deck bezique.2009 January 19, Phillip Alder, “Eisenhower’s Other Title: Bridge Player in Chief”, Bridge, in New York Times
  2. The act of taking certain cards in this game: the queen of spades and jack of diamonds, or (if either of those suits is trumps) the queen of clubs and jack of hearts.

Questions about besique

What is besique the archaic form of?
Besique is the archaic form of bezique.

Words near besique in the dictionary

  1. besinge
  2. besingeing
  3. besinging
  4. besings
  5. besipirdine
  6. besique
  7. Besisi
  8. besit
  9. besits
  10. besitten
  11. besitting

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