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scacchic

Syllables: scacch·ic/ˈskækɪk/

scacchic adjective: of or relating to chess.

scacchic: of or relating to chess
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Adjective

scacchic (not comparable)

  1. (error-lua-exec, rare) Of or relating to chess.
    • [A]lthough Brunet y Bellet has indeed given a valuable description and reproduction of the Introductory portions of the scacchic part of that MS., he does not pretend to treat the positions of even that section, and has little or nothing to say about the pages filled with examples of other games.1905, Willard Fiske, Chess in Iceland and Icelandic Literature, page 201
    • The second theme to feed in from Bloodline is that of playing games. This is certainly true of the scacchic opening, […]2006, Paul Kane, The Hellraiser Films and Their Legacy, →ISBN, page 170
    Synonyms:
    chess, chessic

Synonyms of scacchic

Origin of scacchic

From Italian scacchi (“chess”) + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of’ or ‘relating to’ forming adjectives). Scacchi is the plural of Italian scacco, derived from Old Catalan and Provençal escac (“chess piece”), from Persian شاه (šâh, “king, shah; (chess) king”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to get control or power over; to obtain, receive; to take by the hand”).

Questions about scacchic

What does scacchic mean?
Scacchic means of or relating to chess.
What part of speech is scacchic?
Scacchic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce scacchic?
Scacchic is pronounced /ˈskækɪk/ (UK).

Words near scacchic in the dictionary

  1. scabrules
  2. scabs
  3. scabweed
  4. scabweeds
  5. scabwort
  6. scacchic
  7. scacchite
  8. Scaccia
  9. Scaccias
  10. scace
  11. Scachtacook

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