† lusoriousadj.
Obsolete.
Used in sport or as a pastime.
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society > leisure > entertainment > [adjective]
bourdfula1425
sportive1613
ludicrous1619
lusorious1619
lusory1653
recreational1656
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial > frivolous or not serious
frivolous?1563
lusorious1619
lusory1653
fribbling1654
fribblish1768
fribble1798
nidgetty1798
lightweight1809
fidfad1830
frivolling1882
footling1888
1619 T. Gataker Of Nature & Use Lots vi. 117 Lusorious Lots; and such as be vsed in game, sport or pastime, for recreation and delight.
1625 T. Godwin Romanae Historiae Anthologia (new ed.) ii. iii. x. 100 He did not beate the ayre, and flourish with those lusorious, and preparatory weapons, but he did truly fight.
1668 G. C. in H. More Divine Dialogues Publ. to Rdr. sig. a 4 The ill Tendency of such loose and lusorious Oratorie.
1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. ii. xvi. 302 Of Lots there were four sorts, viz. Political, Military, Lusorious, and Divinatory.
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adj.1619