tourney
[too r-nee, tur-]
- a tournament.
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- to contend or engage in a tournament.
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Origin of tourney
1300–50; (v.) Middle English tourneyen < Old French torneier < Vulgar Latin *tornidiāre to wheel, keep turning; (noun) Middle English tourneie < Old French tournei, derivative of tourneier. See turn
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Contemporary Examples
The U.S. will need more offensive firepower to make a deep run in the tourney.
While fans of snubbed teams will be furious, or dispirited, or both, Wellman will crush in the aftermath of Tourney selection.
The Cougars pour in 84.2 points per game, more than any other team in the tourney.
They became just the seventh 15 seed in tourney history to win their first-round matchup.
Florida Gulf Coast University Are the Talk of the NCAA Men’s Basketball TourneyMarlow Stern
March 25, 2013
Historical Examples
It is hard to quit Paradise for even such a tourney as we have before us.
The Long RollMary Johnston
On the following days the ceremony was prolonged by tilt and tourney.
The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus VasaPaul Barron Watson
Was the tourney just; were the weapons equal; was it, after all, a fair fight?
The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar TupperMartin Farquhar Tupper
I am all too flummoxed by the masquerade in the tourney round about me.
Fantasia of the UnconsciousD. H. Lawrence
Then he put on his armour and rode forth to the place of the tourney.
The Red Romance BookVarious
tourney
- a knightly tournament
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- (intr) to engage in a tourney
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Word Origin
C13: from Old French torneier, from Vulgar Latin tornidiāre (unattested) to turn constantly, from Latin tornāre to turn (in a lathe); see tournament
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Word Origin and History for tourney
v.
c.1300, from Old French tornei (mid-12c.), from torneier "to joust, tilt," literally "turn around," from Vulgar Latin *tornizare, from Latin tornare "to turn" (see turn (v.)). The noun also is attested from c.1300.
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