hazardry en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English hasardrie, from Middle French hasarderie; equivalent to hazard + -ry.
Meanings
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(obsolete, uncountable, usually) Gambling.
Some fell to daunce, some fell to hazardry, / Some to make loue, some to make meriment […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hazardries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |