Noun: backgammon
| Singular | backgammon |
| Plural | backgammons |
Sample Sentences
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"I have borrowed Mrs. Palmer's backgammon-board," said Isabella, whose notion of an elderly gentleman's amusements of an evening was derived from what she had seen Mr. Palmer do. [1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 90:]
Nouns inflected like backgammon
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Probably from back + Middle English gamen, from Old English gamen (“amusement, game”). See: Middle English Nouns '
gamen', Old English Nouns '
gamen'.
Verbs referencing "backgammon"
Asturian Nouns
backgammon, Finnish Nouns
backgammon, French Nouns
backgammon, German Nouns
Backgammon.