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tourney

[toor-nee, tur-] Origin

tour·ney

[toor-nee, tur-] noun, plural -neys, verb, -neyed, -ney·ing.
noun
1.
a tournament.
verb (used without object)
2.
to contend or engage in a tournament.

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Tourney is one of our favorite verbs.
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to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about.
to run away hurriedly; flee.

Origin:
1300–50; (v.) Middle English tourneyen < Old French torneier < Vulgar Latin *tornidiāre to wheel, keep turning; (noun) Middle English tourneie < Old French tournei, derivative of tourneier. See turn
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tourney (ˈtʊənɪ, ˈtɔː-)
 
n
1.  a knightly tournament
 
vb
2.  (intr) to engage in a tourney
 
[C13: from Old French torneier, from Vulgar Latin tornidiāre (unattested) to turn constantly, from Latin tornāre to turn (in a lathe); see tournament]
 
'tourneyer
 
n

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tourney
c.1300, from O.Fr. tornei (c.1150), from torneier "to joust, tilt," lit. "turn around," from V.L. *tornizare, from L. tornare "to turn" (see turn). The noun also is attested from c.1300.
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