amusivenessn.
/əˈmjuːzᵻvnᵻs/, U.S. /əˈmjuzᵻvnᵻs/ Now rare.
The quality of being amusive (amusive adj.).
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society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > amusing or entertaining quality
divertingness1698
amusiveness1805
entertainingness1808
amusingness1823
1805 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 3 544 Of the amusiveness..of these volumes, we are disposed to think favourably.
1892 Chautauquan Sept. 775/1 Vivacity and amusiveness characterize the dialogues.
1958 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 18 343 He seems to consider games which are amusing as having a common feature... Yet ‘amusiveness’..may be of different kinds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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