baritsu

English

Alternative forms

• Bartitsu

Etymology

Variant of Bartitsu, used mainly after Conan Doyle (for whom it may have been a misprint).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑːˈɹɪtsuː/

Noun

baritsu (uncountable)

1. Bartitsu, a martial art, based on jujitsu, popular in late-Victorian England.
   • 1903, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Empty House‎:

     We tottered together upon the brink of the fall. I have some knowledge, however, of baritsu, or the Japanese system of wrestling, which has more than once been very useful to me.

Anagrams

• Abiturs, Buriats, abiturs