bankrupt

en-verb

bankrupt (third-person singular simple present bankrupts, present participle bankrupting, simple past and past participle bankrupted)

bankrupts (present singular third-person)
bankrupting (participle present)
bankrupted (participle past)
bankrupted (past)

Partial calque of Italian bancarotta (literally “a broken bench”), from banca (“bank”, literally “bench”) + rotta (“broken, rupted”), which refers to an out-of-business bank, having its bench physically broken, signifying that the working moneylender was insolvent.

partial calque

(card games) to get placed last in Tycoon with the bankruptcy rule


bankruptcy

en-noun

bankruptcy (countable and uncountable, plural bankruptcies)

From bankrupt + -cy, replacing earlier bankruptship.

(card games) a rule in Tycoon where if the top player does not get first place that round, they instantly get last place


poor

Inherited from Middle English povre, povere, from Old French (and Anglo-Norman) povre, poure, from Latin pauper, from Old Latin *pavo-pars (literally “getting little”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”). Doublet of pauper.
Displaced native arm, wantsome, Middle English unlede (“poor”) (from Old English unlǣde), Middle English unweli, unwely (“poor, unwealthy”) (from Old English un- + weliġ (“well-to-do, prosperous, rich”)).

cog

non-rhotic, show–sure merger, African-American Vernacular

(card games) the second-to-last placer in Tycoon


tycoon

Borrowed from Japanese 大君(たいくん) (taikun, “great lord, prince”), a title for the shōgun. Related to taipan, from Cantonese 大班 (daai⁶ baan¹). The game sense was derived from the use of tycoon in titles of games in which one plays a tycoon (e.g., RollerCoaster Tycoon).


rich

From Middle English riche (“strong, powerful, rich”), from Old English rīċe (“powerful, mighty, great, high-ranking, rich, wealthy, strong, potent”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīkī (“powerful, rich”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“kingly, powerful, rich”), from Proto-Germanic *rīks (“king, ruler”), an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs. Reinforced by Old French riche, from the same West Germanic source.

inh

(card games) the second placer in Tycoon


beggar

beggars (plural)
begger (alternative obsolete)

From Middle English beggere, beggare, beggar (“beggar”), from Middle English beggen (“to beg”), equivalent to beg + -ar.
Alternative etymology derives Middle English beggere, beggare, beggar from Old French begart, originally a member of the Beghards, a lay brotherhood of mendicants in the Low Countries, from Middle Dutch beggaert (“mendicant”), with pejorative suffix (see -ard); the order is said to be named after the priest Lambert le Bègue of Liège (French for “Lambert the Stammerer”).

set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the Devil


revolution

en-noun

revolution (countable and uncountable, plural revolutions)

Inherited from Middle English revolucion, borrowed from Old French revolucion, from Late Latin revolūtiōnem, accusative singular of revolūtiō (“the act of revolving; revolution”), from Latin revolvō (“roll back, revolve”).

inh+

/ˌɹɛv.əˈluː.ʃən/

(card games) a rule in Tycoon where if four cards are placed down at once, the card hierarchy is reversed.


revolt

en-verb

revolt (third-person singular simple present revolts, present participle revolting, simple past and past participle revolted)

revolts (present singular third-person)
revolting (participle present)
revolted (participle past)
revolted (past)
revolt (infinitive)
revolt (first-person present singular)
revolted (first-person past singular)
revolt (present second-person singular)
revoltest (archaic present second-person singular)
revolted (past second-person singular)
revoltedst (archaic past second-person singular)
revolts (present singular third-person)
revolteth (archaic present singular third-person)
revolted (past singular third-person)
revolt (plural present)
revolted (past plural)
revolt (present subjunctive)
revolted (past subjunctive)
revolt (imperative present)
revolting (participle present)
revolted (participle past)

Borrowed from French révolter, from Italian rivoltare, itself either from ri- with the verb voltare, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *revoltāre < *revolvitāre, for *revolūtāre, frequentative of Latin revolvō (“roll back”) (through its past participle revolūtus).
Compare typologically Russian переворо́т (perevorót) (akin to верте́ть (vertétʹ).

(card games) to perform a revolution in Tycoon, reversing the card hierarchy


reversal

en-noun

reversal (countable and uncountable, plural reversals)

From Middle English reversall; equivalent to reverse + -al.

/ɹɪˈvɜː(ɹ)səl/

(card games) A rule in Tycoon where a three of a particular suit (most commonly spades) can beat a single joker. During revolution, most rulesets instead use a two of that suit to do this.


commoner

From Middle English comoner, comyner, cumuner, equivalent to common + -er.

(card games) a rankless or average player in Tycoon; not the tycoon, rich, poor, or beggar.


counterrevolution

counterrevolution (countable and uncountable, plural counterrevolutions)

counterrevolutions (plural)
counter-revolution (alternative)
counter revolution (alternative)

հակահեղափոխություն

revolution to reverse effects of previous revolution

(card games) in Tycoon, to undo a revolution, setting the card hierarchy back to normal.


counterrevolt

en-verb

counterrevolt (third-person singular simple present counterrevolt, present participle counterrevolting, simple past and past participle counterrevolted)

counterrevolt (present singular third-person)
counterrevolting (participle present)
counterrevolted (participle past)
counterrevolted (past)
counter-revolt (alternative)
counter revolt (alternative)

(card games) in Tycoon, to perform a counterrevolution; to undo a revolution and set the card hierarchy back to normal.


giant kill

Calque of Japanese ジャイアントキル (jaiantokiru), from English giant + kill, from the idea of the weakest card beating the strongest card, i.e. David and Goliath.


en-noun

8-stop (countable and uncountable, plural 8-stops)

(card games) A rule in Tycoon where an eight flushes the stack, giving the turn to the player who placed it