ludic
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of ludic
1935–40; < Latin lūd- (stem of lūdere to play) + -ic, perhaps via French ludique, learned formation from same components
Example Sentences
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His famously ludic sculptures have been seen by millions and in prominent squares and beaches in Odesa, Kyiv and beyond.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
The Elimane file is a ludic tour of all the ways African literature can be erased: through contempt, through challenges to its authenticity, through a pious regard for noble savagery, through bemused and condescending politeness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2023
All the merch and paraphernalia has this ludic, carefree subtext that the intensity of the 60s and 70s, and the squeamishness that came after it, could never have set out to achieve.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 12, 2019
This ludic approach makes for some awkward challenges for the reader, who meets Edison as an old man, his children as adults and his second wife before his first.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2019
On “Èclats for Ornette,” dedicated to the saxophonist and free-jazz pioneer Ornette Coleman, she has written a splintering and frayed melody that channels Coleman’s ludic streak, swinging drolly and exuberantly, almost in spite of itself.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2018
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