English Explanatory Dictionary

spoilfive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A trick-taking card game in which, if no player wins three of the five tricks possible on any deal, the game is said to be "spoiled".

Word forms

spoilfive spoil five

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin spolium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin spoliāre Old French espoillierbor. Middle English spoilen English spoil Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Germanic *fimf Proto-West Germanic *fimf Old English fīf Middle English fyf English five English spoilfive From spoil + five.

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