ecarte
(noun) a card game for 2 players; played with 32 cards and king high
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ecarte (uncountable)
A card game for two persons, with 32 cards, ranking K, Q, J, A, 10, 9, 8, 7. Five cards are dealt each player, and the 11th turned as trump. Five points constitute a game.
• Mortimer had stayed to dinner, and he and the baronet played ecarte afterwards. - A. Conan Doyle in The Hound of the Baskervilles
• & cetera, Cartee, cerate, create, creäte, tracee
Source: Wiktionary
É`car`té", n. Etym: [F., prop. fr. écarter to reject, discard.]
Definition: A game at cards, played usually by two persons, in which the players may discard any or all of the cards dealt and receive others from the pack.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
