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solitaire
- /ˈsɒl.ɪˌtɛə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈsɑ.ləˌtɚ/ Atlantic Canada, US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French solitaire, ultimately from Latin sōlitārius. Doublet of solitary.
noun solitaires
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A person who lives alone; a recluse or hermit.
1722-1723, Alexander Pope, letter to a lady
[…] he really wishes he had never beheld you, nor yours. You have spoiled him for a solitaire, and a book, all the days of his life; and put him into such a condition, that he thinks of nothing, and enquires of nothing but after a person who has nothing to
Similar: hermit
- A game for one person, played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by "jumping", as in draughts. The early French solitaire boards were marked with thirty-seven holes instead of the modern board's thirty-three; and the problems were more difficult.
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Any of various card games that can be played by one person.
You like to sit high on a hill / Count the daisies in the field / It's your own way of playing solitaire / You won't answer no question / Or say where you've been / The last thing you think you need is a friend
Similar: patience
- Ellipsis of Rodrigues solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria), an extinct bird related to the dodo.
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Ellipsis of Réunion solitaire (Raphus solitarius, now Threskiornis solitarius), an extinct bird formerly believed to be related to the dodo.
Similar: Réunion ibis
- One of several American species of bird in the genus Myadestes in the thrush family.
- A single gem, usually a diamond, mounted in a piece of jewellery by itself. The Times reported ‘two pendant earrings formed of diamond solitaires of great splendor, supporting pear-shaped pearls of proportionate value, capped with brilliants.[…]’
- A black neck ribbon worn with a bag wig in the 18th century. The fellow wears a ſolitaire, uſes paint, and takes rappee with all the grimace of a French marquis.
adjective more solitaire · most solitaire
- Living or being alone; solitary.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: patience, pezophaps solitaria, solitary, hermit, loner, lone, alone, lonely, isolation, single, sole, unique, rogue, ranger, solo, solitudinarian
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Every language
noun peg solitaire
| Español | Senku |
|---|---|
| Français | Solitaire |
| Deutsch | Solitär |
| Italiano | Peg Solitaire |
noun Threskiornis solitarius
| Français | ibis de la Réunion, solitaire de la Réunion, dronte de la Réunion |
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noun bird of genus Myadestes
| Français | solitaire |
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