ace

Definition

A playing card showing a single pip, typically the highest or lowest ranking card in a game.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English as, from Old French as, from Latin as, assis (“unity, copper coin, the unit of coinage”), probably borrowed from Etruscan. Doublet of as. Likely related or deriving ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs, or otherwise taking from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”) in the sense of "singular".

Example Sentences

• "You see, Sir, when I look at the Ace it reminds me that there is but one God. The deuce reminds me that the bible is divided into two parts; the Old and New Testaments. And when I see the trey I think of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost."
• "Ace in the corner."
• "[…] maybe two or three twenties, a dozen tens, and twenty or thirty fins. The rest is all aces and silver."