amusive

American  

[uh-myoo-ziv] / əˈmyu zɪv /

adjective

1. amusing; entertaining.

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Other Word Forms

• amusively adverb
• amusiveness noun

Etymology

Origin of amusive

First recorded in 1720–30; amuse + -ive

Example Sentences

Whitehead says: "To me 'twas given to wake th' amusive reed," and Chandler, in his Travels in Greece, speaks of the wind "murmuring amusively among the pines."

From Notes and Queries, Number 179, April 2, 1853. A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George

On clouds, where Fancy’s beam amusive plays, Shall heedless Hope the towering fabric raise?

From The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems by Beattie, James

It is academic and often tumid and wordy, abounding in Latinisms like effusive, precipitant, irriguous, horrific, turgent, amusive.

From A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

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

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

So, ye manufacturers of snake stories horrific, amusive, or instructive, put that against your tales of blacksnakes, copperheads, cotton-mouths, horn-tails, water-mocassins, and the whole tribe else.

From Forest and Frontiers Or, Adventures Among the Indians by Gordon-Cumming, Roualeyn