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lusory, a.|ˈl(j)uːsərɪ| [ad. L. lūsōri-us (see prec.).] Used as a pastime; of the nature of play or sport. Of composition: Written in a playful style.
1653Gataker Vind. Annot. Jer. 173 A lusorie Lot is lawful. a1694Tillotson Serm. (1743) XII. 5457 Which signifies just nothing, but is lusory and trifling. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) III. Misc. ii. iii. 119 God, as a kind Tutor, was pleas'd to..bear with his Anger, and in a lusory manner, expose his childish Frowardness. 1779Johnson L.P., E. Smith Wks. II. 456 Mr. Philips's ode..after the manner of Horace's lusory or amatorian odes is..a master⁓piece. 1791–1823D'Israeli Cur. Lit. (1866) 361 There is a refined species of comic poetry,—lusory yet elegant. |