taroccon.

1768 G. Baretti Acct. Manners & Customs Italy II. xxxiii. 219 Both the minchiate and the tarrocco's consist of five suits instead of four, as common cards do.

1806 R. Smith in Archaeologia 15 141 A Minchiate pack consists of ninety-seven cards, of which fifty-six are called Cartiglia, forty Tarocchi, and one Matto.

1848 W. A. Chatto Orig. & Hist. Playing Cards iv. 191 The earliest writers who mention Tarocchi as a kind of cards, always speak of them as consisting of four suits—Swords, Cups, Batons, and Money.

1910 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 698/1 A number of the ‘Tarocchi’ prints of single figures.

1988 J. Hamilton Playing Cards in Victoria & Albert Mus. 57 (caption) Pack of 54 tarocco cards, double-ended, French suits, published by Johann Nejedly, Vienna, late 19th century.

1959 Chambers's Encycl. X. 793/2 The..conclusion that tarot cards are connected with early folklore and were originally used for divination as well as playing tarocchi.

1964 A. Wykes Gambling vii. 151 The earliest European cards were the Tarot pack, used for an obsolete game called tarocco.