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TRUMP (1) (O. Fr. trompe)

This article appears in Volume V27, Page 325 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: TOO-TUM
TRUMP (1) (O. Fr. trompe) , originally the name of a musical
instrument
 , of which "
trumpet
  " is a diminutive; the
term
  is now chiefly used in the sense of the sound of a
trumpet
 , or a sound resembling it, such as is' made by an elephant. It has been usually accepted that the Romanic forms (cf. Span. and Port. trompa) represent a corruption of Latin
tuba
 , tube. On the other hand a distinct imitative or echoic origin is sometimes assigned. (2) In the sense of a playing card belonging to the suit which beats all other cards of other suits for the period during which its rank lasts, "trump" is a corruption of "
triumph
 ." The name was first used of a game of cards, also known as "
ruff
 ," which was the parent of the modern game of
whist
 . There are traces in English of an early confusion with a
term
  meaning to deceive or
trick
 , cf. " trumpery," properly deceit, imposture, hence idle talk, gossip, now chiefly used as an
adjective
 , worthless, trivial. This is an adaptation of French lromper, to deceive, which, according to the generally received explanation, meant " to play on the trumpet," se lromper de quelqu'un being equivalent to play with a person, hence to cheat.


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