calabrasella

\\ˌkaləbrəˈzelə, -ˈs-\ noun (-s)

Etymology: Italian calabresella, from calabrese Calabrian, from Calabria + -ese

: an Italian card game for three players played with a 40-card pack

* * *

/kal'euh breuh zel"euh/, n.

a card game for three persons that is played with a 40-card pack made by removing the eights, nines, and tens from a regular 52-card pack.

[ < It calabresella, equiv. to calabres(e) (Calabr(ia) CALABRIA + -ese -ESE) + -ella dim. suffix ( < L)]