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noun
a card game played by four persons.
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adjective
ruled in squares, as graph paper.
Origin:
1880–85; < French quadrillé, past participle of quadriller to rule in squares, derivative of quadrille lozenge < Spanish cuadrilla; see quadrille1
1880–85; < French quadrillé, past participle of quadriller to rule in squares, derivative of quadrille lozenge < Spanish cuadrilla; see quadrille1
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quadrille1 (kwɒˈdrɪl, kwə-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a square dance of five or more figures for four or more couples |
| 2. | a piece of music for such a dance, alternating between simple duple and compound duple time |
| [C18: via French from Spanish cuadrilla, diminutive of cuadro square, from Latin quadra] | |
| quadrille2 (kwɒˈdrɪl, kwə-) | |
| —n | |
| an old card game for four players | |
| [C18: from French, from Spanish cuartillo, from cuarto fourth, from Latin quartus, influenced by | |
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Word Origin & History
quadrille
1773, "lively square dance for four couples," from Fr. quadrille, originally one of four groups of horsemen in a tournament (a sense attested in Eng. from 1738), from Sp. cuadrilla, dim. of cuadro "four-sided battle square," from L. quadrum "a square," related to quattuor "four" (see
four). The craze for the dance hit England in 1816, and it underwent a vigorous revival late 19c. among the middle classes. Earlier a popular card game for four hands (1726).
"Quadrille began to take the place of ombre as the fashionable card game about 1726, and was in turn superseded by whist." [OED]
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