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‖ minchiate|minˈkjate|
[It., n. pl.; in Florio (1611) menchiatte.]
A card game chiefly played in Tuscany, a modification of tarot. Also, as pl. (the original use), the cards used in the game.
1768Baretti Acc. Manners & Cust. Italy II. 219 The games I mean, are those which we form out of those cards called Minchiate and Tarrocco's. Ibid., Both the minchiate and the tarrocco's consist of five suits instead of four, as common cards do. 1803R. Smith in Archæologia XV. 140 There is no game on the cards,..that requires closer attention..than this of Minchiate. Ibid., A complete set of Minchiate cards, such as have been long in use at Florence. Ibid. 141 A Minchiate pack consists of ninety-seven cards, of which fifty-six are called Cartiglia, forty Tarocchi, and one Matto. 1905Athenæum 18 Nov. 684/1 For those with a taste for long-drawn out pleasures, tarot and minchiate—for others, basset, trappola, [etc.]—succeeded each other as fashionable games. |