Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An ancient game of India similar to backgammon that uses cowrie shells instead of dice.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A game of Hindu origin, resembling backgammon, played by four persons.
Wiktionary
- n. An ancient Indian board game in which players, throwing dice, shells, etc. to determine the distance of each move, attempt to be the first to take all of their counters around the board.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India.
- n. U. S. & Eng. A game adopted from the Indian game, using disks, as of pasteboard, and dice; it is played on a cross-shaped board.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cross-shaped board
Etymologies
- Hindi pachis twenty-five, the largest score that can be thrown with the cowrie shells. (Wiktionary)
- Hindi pacīsī, from pacīs, twenty-five : Sanskrit pañca, five; + Sanskrit viṁśatiḥ, twenty. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The game of the Hindoos, called pachisi, is played upon a cross-shaped board or cloth; it is a combination of checkers and draughts, with the throwing of dice, the dice determining the number of moves; when the Spaniards entered Mexico they found the Aztecs playing a game called patolli, identical with the Hindoo pachisi, on a similar cross-shaped board.”
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