mistigri

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

French

Noun

mistigri (uncountable)

  1. A card game, resembling poker, in which the joker is used.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for mistigri in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

French

Etymology

Old French miste ‘playful name for cat’ + gris 'grey'.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mis.ti.ɡʁi/

Noun

mistigri m (plural mistigris)

  1. (archaic) cat, malkin
  2. Jack of Clubs

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