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adjective
Lusory, Lusorious  adj.  Used in play; sportive; playful. (Obs.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Lusory" Quotes from Famous Books



... ancient matters, and such like accidents, which happened in their younger years: others' best pastime is to game, nothing to them so pleasant. [3290]Hic Veneri indulget, hunc decoquit alea—many too nicely take exceptions at cards, [3291]tables, and dice, and such mixed lusorious lots, whom Gataker well confutes. Which though they be honest recreations in themselves, yet may justly be otherwise excepted at, as they are often abused, and forbidden as things most pernicious; insanam rem et damnosam, [3292]Lemnius ...
— The Anatomy of Melancholy • Democritus Junior



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