amusive

It is a mere _bagatelle_, and as an amusive trifle may not be unacceptable.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 328, August 23, 1828 Various

Each of these subjects is treated of in separate chapters, in a neat style, slightly scientific, and highly amusive; and the whole are illustrated with upwards of _Six Hundred Engravings_, which are appropriately chosen and admirably executed.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 406, December 26, 1829 Various

Cheap Books, we hope, will never be an evil; for, as "the same care and toil that raise a dish of peas at Christmas, would give bread to a whole family during six months;" so the expense of a gay volume at this season will furnish a moderate circle with amusive reading for a twelvemonth.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 407, December 24, 1829 Various

Although its contents have not been drawn from works of unfettered fancy, it is hoped they will be found to blend the real with the imaginative in such a degree as to render their knowledge not the less useful for its being amusive.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 549 (Supplementary number) Various

He uses too many Latin epithets, like _amusive_ and

From Chaucer to Tennyson 1886

He uses too many Latin epithets, like _amusive_ and _precipitant_, and calls a fish-line

Brief History of English and American Literature 1886

They found its "phænomena so remote from the customs and manners of Europe, that, when exhibited as entering into the ordinary system of human affairs, they could not fail to confer a considerable share of amusive novelty on the characters and events with which they were connected."

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

_Spring_ it is applied to the rooks, with their "ceaseless caws amusive;" in the _Summer_ to the thistledown, which "amusive floats;" and in the _Autumn_, the theory of the supposed cause of mountain springs is called an "amusive dream."

Notes and Queries, Number 179, April 2, 1853. A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Various 1852

"To me 'twas given to wake _th 'amusive_ reed," and Chandler, in his _Travels in Greece_, speaks of the wind

Notes and Queries, Number 179, April 2, 1853. A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Various 1852

Her observations upon the 'amusive talents' of THEODORE HOOK, and his entire devotion to their cultivation, are replete with the soundest wisdom.

The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 Various 1840