Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who amuses; one who provides diversion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who amuses.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Someone who
amuses . - noun obsolete, slang Rogues who carried snuff or dust in their pockets, which they threw into the eyes of any person they intended to rob; and running away, their accomplices (pretending to assist and pity the half-blinded person) took that opportunity of plundering him. (1811 Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Bonnes vacances de mi-trimestre - avec beaucoup de neige pour émerveiller et amuser petits & grands!
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Bonnes vacances de mi-trimestre - avec beaucoup de neige pour émerveiller et amuser petits & grands!
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"Amuse" sounds like anthropomorphizing, of course--it's an interesting word, comes from the French amuser, "to stupefy"--we're most amused when our brains are buggy.
Lightning bug doyle 2008
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"Amuse" sounds like anthropomorphizing, of course--it's an interesting word, comes from the French amuser, "to stupefy"--we're most amused when our brains are buggy.
Archive 2008-08-01 doyle 2008
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In one of the thread it was written that amuser is really very ill and they are sending gifts.
Love amidst hatred 2007
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Amenez un quelque chose à griller et un quelque chose à partager, plus de quoi vous amuser si vous êtes du genre frisbee/foot/échecs.
Bloggy Friday de juillet un peu spécial — Climb to the Stars 2006
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Votre travail dans ma maison a toujours été admirable, rempli de zèle et de discrétion: vous avez bien le droit de vous amuser.
Villette 2003
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Apres des journees absorbees tout entieres par les devoirs que sa place lui impose, il reunit les pauvres, les ouvriers, leur donne des cours gratuits, et trouve encore le moyen de les amuser en les instruisant.
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PLAISANTERIE, _f. _, chose dite _ou_ faite pour amuser.
French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann
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The other over-vital brother, if a prime amuser, was also a prime tease, and being nearer Donald in age was also much less gentle.
A Student in Arms Second Series Donald Hankey
vendingmachine commented on the word amuser
n. Rogues who carried snuff or dust in their pockets, which they threw into the eyes of any person they intended to rob; and running away, their accomplices (pretending to assist and pity the half-blinded person) took that opportunity of plundering him. -1811 Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue
December 3, 2015