BĂ©cigue
/beÉȘËziËÉĄ/noun
A card game for two players, also known as bezique.
Did you know?The wordâs ancestry is genuinely uncertain: historical dictionaries trace it to French bĂ©sigue but do not establish where the French name ultimately came from.
Etymological Timeline
19th Century
French
bésigue
âThe name of a card game, with no securely known earlier etymology.â
1860s
English
bezique
âA card game adopted from French, typically played with special scoring combinations.â
19th Century
English
bécigue
âAn English spelling variant of bezique.â
Late 19thâ20th Century
English
bezique / bécigue
âA relatively fashionable parlour card game, later becoming uncommon.â
Modern English
English
bécigue
âAn established but rare alternative name for the game bezique.â