hasardrie

Middle English

FWOTD – 28 July 2019

Alternative forms

• hasarderye, hasardrye, hazardry

Etymology

From Middle French hasarderie; equivalent to hasard +‎ -erie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhazard(ə)ˌriː(ə)/, /ˈhazərd(ə)ˌriː(ə)/

Noun

hasardrie (uncountable)

1. (Excessive) playing of hazard (a medieval dice game often gambled upon).
   • a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Pardoner's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 589–592:

     And now that I have ſpoken of glotonye, / Now wol I yow deffenden haſardrye; / Haſard is verray mooder of leſynges, / And of deceite, and curſed forſwerynges […]

     And since I've spoken about gluttony, / Now, I'll prevent you from dice-playing; / Dice games are literally the source of falsehoods, / deception, and false testimonies […]

Descendants

• English: hazardry (obsolete)

References

• “hasardrīe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-08.