Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to play; sportive.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Used in play; sportive; playful.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective obsolete Pertaining to a sport, game or pastime.

Etymologies

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From Latin lūsōrius, from lūsor ("player").

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Examples

  • Veneri indulget, hunc decoquit alea — many too nicely take exceptions at cards, [3291] tables, and dice, and such mixed lusorious lots, whom Gataker well confutes.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

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