bisquer

English

Etymology

From bisque +‎ -er.

Noun

bisquer (plural bisquers)

1. (sports, in combination) A person given a certain number or kind of bisques or advantages.
   • 1913, Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News, volume 79, page 68:

     Starting the game as a twelve bisquer in 1908, the progress of Miss W. A. Blood, the eldest of the trio, was nothing beyond the normal […]

   • 1992, Nancy L. Rhoades, Croquet: An Annotated Bibliography, page 21:

     Compilation of "hints" to Long-Bisquers who need to amend their tactical shortcomings, told with professional authority.

French

Etymology

Unclear. The Trésor de la langue française suggests a derivation from the bad reputation of inhabitants of Biscay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bis.ke/

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Verb

bisquer

1. to be scornful; to be moody

Conjugation

Conjugation of bisquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bisquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bisquant /bis.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bisqué /bis.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bisque /bisk/	bisques /bisk/	bisque /bisk/	bisquons /bis.kɔ̃/	bisquez /bis.ke/	bisquent /bisk/
	imperfect	bisquais /bis.kɛ/	bisquais /bis.kɛ/	bisquait /bis.kɛ/	bisquions /bis.kjɔ̃/	bisquiez /bis.kje/	bisquaient /bis.kɛ/
	past historic2	bisquai /bis.ke/	bisquas /bis.ka/	bisqua /bis.ka/	bisquâmes /bis.kam/	bisquâtes /bis.kat/	bisquèrent /bis.kɛʁ/
	future	bisquerai /bis.kə.ʁe/	bisqueras /bis.kə.ʁa/	bisquera /bis.kə.ʁa/	bisquerons /bis.kə.ʁɔ̃/	bisquerez /bis.kə.ʁe/	bisqueront /bis.kə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bisquerais /bis.kə.ʁɛ/	bisquerais /bis.kə.ʁɛ/	bisquerait /bis.kə.ʁɛ/	bisquerions /bis.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	bisqueriez /bis.kə.ʁje/	bisqueraient /bis.kə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	bisque /bisk/	bisques /bisk/	bisque /bisk/	bisquions /bis.kjɔ̃/	bisquiez /bis.kje/	bisquent /bisk/
	imperfect2	bisquasse /bis.kas/	bisquasses /bis.kas/	bisquât /bis.ka/	bisquassions /bis.ka.sjɔ̃/	bisquassiez /bis.ka.sje/	bisquassent /bis.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bisque /bisk/	—	bisquons /bis.kɔ̃/	bisquez /bis.ke/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “bisquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.