Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Making sport; tending to excite derision.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Making sport; tending to excite derision.
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- adjective obsolete Making
sport ; tending to excitederision .
Etymologies
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Latin ludificatorius.
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Examples
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O! asinine propellers of Faber's No. 2; O! ludificatory lavishers of Arnold's night-tinted fluid; what the Hades else do you suppose my object could be?
The Authentic Life of Billy The Kid Garrett, Pat F 1954
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The farce has its tragedy, and what tragedy is free of the ludificatory?
Man on the Box Harold MacGrath 1901
biocon commented on the word ludificatory
In addition, ludificatory means deceptive (Oxford English Dictionary).
July 27, 2011