amusive

American  

[uh-myoo-ziv] / əˈmju zɪv /

adjective

1. amusing; entertaining.

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Other Word Forms

• amusiveness
  noun
• amusively
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of amusive

First recorded in 1720–30; amuse + -ive

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Example Sentences

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amusive

He uses too many Latin epithets, like amusive and precipitant, and calls a fish-line "The floating line snatched from the hoary steed."

From Brief History of English and American Literature by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

He uses too many Latin epithets, like amusive and precipitant, and calls a fish-line The floating line snatched from the hoary steed.

From From Chaucer to Tennyson by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

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

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 James Beattie

So in the cloudless sky, amusive shines The soft and mimic scenery; distant hills 390 That, in refracted light, hang beautiful Beneath the golden car of eve, ere yet The daylight lingering fades.

From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan by George Gilfillan

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