lusoryadj.
/ˈl(j)uːsəri/ Used as a pastime; of the nature of play or sport. Of composition: Written in a playful style.
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society > leisure > entertainment > [adjective]
bourdfula1425
sportive1613
ludicrous1619
lusorious1619
lusory1653
recreational1656
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial > frivolous or not serious
frivolous?1563
lusorious1619
lusory1653
fribbling1654
fribblish1768
fribble1798
nidgetty1798
lightweight1809
fidfad1830
frivolling1882
footling1888
society > leisure > entertainment > playfulness > [adjective]
gamingOE
playfulc1225
gamefulc1275
gamelya1350
gamesomea1375
playable?c1475
frisky?a1500
sporting1549
sportful1577
toyish1577
toyful1580
sportive1593
gambol1600
sportly1600
sporting1607
playsome1612
jiggish1635
toysome1638
ludible1656
ludibund1668
good-humoured1682
flippant1711
lusory1711
gamp1737
kittenish1753
sportable1767
disportive1773
whisky1782
playward1878
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [adjective] > other specific style
judicial1532
heroic1590
judiciary1603
wild1645
heroi-comic1708
mock-heroic1708
heroi-comical1712
flebilea1734
prosai-comi-epic1749
lusory1779
sulphureous1791
harlequinic1804
mock-heroical1825
newspaperish1825
marmoreal1892
kailyard1895
freestyle1906
paperback1921
nouny1926
Time-ese1947
nounal1952
kitchen sink1959
effectist1961
writerly1974
dirty realist1984
1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 173 A lusorie Lot is lawful.
a1694 J. Tillotson Serm. (1743) XII. 5457 Which signifies just nothing, but is lusory and trifling.
1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. ii. iii. 119 God, as a kind Tutor, was pleas'd to..bear with his Anger, and in a lusory manner, expose his childish Frowardness.
1779 S. Johnson Smith in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets IV. 19 Mr. Philips's ode..after the manner of Horace's Lusory or Amatorian Odes, is..a master-piece.
1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. I. 245 There is a refined species of ludicrous poetry,..comic yet tender, lusory yet elegant.
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