hastilude

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noun

A medieval martial game.

OriginLatin hastiludum →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nounhastilude (plural hastiludes)

plural hastiludes

  1. A medieval martial game.

    For I take you all to witness what marvelous feats he did in that great tournament and hastilude which our brother the High King made for him […]

    1954, C. S. Lewis, chapter 4, in The Horse and His Boy, Collins, published 1998

Origin

  1. Latinhastiludum
  2. Englishhastilude

From Latin hastiludum, from hasta (“spear”) and ludus (“sport, game”).

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APA

hastilude. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hastilude

MLA

“hastilude.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hastilude. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hastilude,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hastilude.

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