noun
- a board game for two to four players in which pieces are moved around a cross-shaped track according to the throw of dice or cowrie shells
Usage: also spelled parcheesi
Examples
- We played parchisi on the kitchen table after dinner.
- The ancient game of parchisi originated in India.
- She moved her piece six spaces forward in parchisi.
- Parchisi requires both strategy and luck.
- The family gathered around the parchisi board on game night.
- He captured her piece and sent it back to the starting area in parchisi.