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Definition of Parchesi
1. Noun. An ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cross-shaped board.
Definition of Parchesi
1. n. See Pachisi.
Definition of Parchesi
1. Noun. (alternative form of pachisi) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Parchesi
1. pachisi [n -S] - See also: pachisi
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parchesi
Literary usage of Parchesi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Experimental Study of Children: Including Anthropometrical and Psycho by Arthur MacDonald (1899)
"Croquet, 19; hide and seek, 18; cards, 12; checkers, 11; parchesi, 7; ball, 7;
authors, 6; blind man's buff, 5; jacks, 5; tennis, 4; I spy, 3; tag, 2; ..."
2. Every-day Pronunciation by Robert Palfrey Utter (1918)
"Farces, par'se. parchesi, parche'sl, pache'- sl. In either form the s of ten'
has the sound of z. The word is variously spelled; ..."
3. Encyclopaedia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occult Sciences of the edited by Cora Linn Morrison Daniels, Charles McClellan Stevens (1903)
"... parchesi—In parchesi, torn the dice-box three times around. It will prevent
a third double throw. PLAYING CARDS — Playing cards unexpectedly, ..."
4. The Susan Lincoln Mills Memory Book by Clara K. Wittenmyer, Susan Lincoln Tolman Mills (1915)
"Mr. Mills was fond of playing chess, parchesi, and croquet. ... One night while
playing parchesi, I thought he did not count correctly and I did not ..."
5. In Eastern Wonderlands by Charlotte Chaffee Gibson (1906)
"Another court was laid out like a great parchesi-board, and the Sultana here
played the game of parchesi with her maids-in- waiting as counters, ..."
6. In the Golden East: An Illustrated Journey in Eastern Wonderlands ; a by Charlotte Chaffee Gibson (1908)
"Another court was laid out like a great parchesi-board, and the Sultana here
played the game of parchesi with her maids-in- waiting as counters, ..."
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