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hastilude

hastilude noun: a medieval martial game.

Noun

hastilude (plural hastiludes)

  1. A medieval martial game.
    • For I take you all to witness what marvelous feats he did in that great tournament and hastilude which our brother the High King made for him […]1954, C. S. Lewis, chapter 4, in The Horse and His Boy, Collins, published 1998

Forms of hastilude

pluralhastiludes

Origin of hastilude

From Latin hastiludum, from hasta (“spear”) and ludus (“sport, game”).

Questions about hastilude

What does hastilude mean?
Hastilude means a medieval martial game.
What part of speech is hastilude?
Hastilude is a noun.
What is the plural of hastilude?
The plural of hastilude is hastiludes.

Words near hastilude in the dictionary

  1. Hasties
  2. hastiest
  3. hastiform
  4. hastile
  5. Hastilow
  6. hastilude
  7. hastiludes
  8. hastily
  9. Hastinapura
  10. hastiness
  11. hastinesses

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