tourney
[ too r-nee, tur- ]
/ ˈtʊər ni, ˈtɜr- /
noun, plural tour·neys.
a tournament.
verb (used without object), tour·neyed, tour·ney·ing.
to contend or engage in a tournament.
RELATED WORDS
tournament, duel, tussle, clash, combat, contest, joust, scrimmage, encounter, scuffle, collision, attack, struggle, fracas, skirmish, meet, bout, conflict, set-to
Nearby words
- tournament,
- tournay,
- tournedos,
- tourneur,
- tourneur, cyril,
- tourniquet,
- tournois,
- tours,
- tourtière,
- touré
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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tourney
/ (ˈtʊənɪ, ˈtɔː-) medieval history /
noun
a knightly tournament
verb
(intr) to engage in a tourney
Word Origin for tourney
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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tourney
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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