mikado
mikado Lexical Profile
mikado Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A historical title formerly used in English for the Emperor of Japan.
"European diplomats in the nineteenth century frequently referred to the Japanese sovereign as the mikado."
A tabletop game of skill originating in Europe in which players attempt to remove thin wooden sticks one by one from a scattered pile without disturbing the remaining sticks, or the highest-scoring stick in this game.
"The children spent the rainy afternoon playing mikado on the living room carpet."
A bold shade of deep yellow or reddish-orange.
"The ceramic vase was glazed in a vibrant mikado that stood out against the dark wooden shelf."
• Rhymes for mikado
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 18th century from Japanese 'mikado', literally meaning 'honorable gate', in reference to the gate of the imperial palace.