taroc
(ˈtærək)
Also 7–9 tarok, tarock.
[ad. It. *tarocco, in pl. tarocchi, of unknown origin. Also Ger. tarock, F. tarot: see tarot.]
a. = tarot a. b. (also in pl.) = tarot b.
| a. 1611 Florio, Tarocchi, a kind of playing cardes called Tarocks or Terestriall triumphs. |
| b. 1739 Gray Let. to R. West in Mason Mem. (1807) I. 211 Play at Ombre and Taroc, a game with 72 cards all painted with suns, and moons, devils and monks. [1816 Singer Hist. Cards 236 The pack of cards with which Tarocco is played, consists of two parts; the first is fifty-six cards of the usual Italian suits, Spade, Coppe, Bastoni, and Denari... The other part consists of twenty-two cards,..twenty-one of these are called Tarocchi, and the twenty-second Il Matto, or the fool.] 1887 W. Beatty-Kingston Music & Manners II. 318 Skilful players of écarté and tarok. |