bə̇ˈzēk noun
( -s )
Etymology: French bésique
1. : a card game similar to pinochle that is played with a pack of 64 cards and in which the points are made chiefly by winning tricks (as those containing brisques) and thereupon declaring any of certain combinations in the hand (as a marriage, a sequence, or four of a kind)
2. : a combination of a queen and a jack (as the queen of spades and jack of diamonds) in bezique commonly scored as 40 but counting as 500 when doubled