noun
Cards1A card game, particularly popular in the 19th century, in which the usual object is to avoid winning tricks.
2 rare Chiefly with the. The fact of taking every trick in this game. Chiefly in "to make (the) reversis".
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in Mme de Sévigné's Letters. From French reversis, variant of reversi reversi.
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