amusive

[ uh-myoo-ziv ]

adjective

1. amusing; entertaining.

Other Words From

• a·musive·ly adverb
• a·musive·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of amusive¹

First recorded in 1720–30; amuse + -ive

Example Sentences

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

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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."

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Her observations upon the ‘amusive talents’ of Theodore Hook, and his entire devotion to their cultivation, are replete with the soundest wisdom.

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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.

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Earth has her gorgeous towns; the earth-circling sea Has spires and mansions more amusive still— Men's volant homes that measure liquid space On wheel or wing.

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