amusive

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Illusive, deceitful. obsolete
    — [T]he Swain […] amaz'd / Beholds th' amusive Arch before him fly, / Then vanish quite away.
  2. Giving entertainment or interest; recreative, diverting, engaging. archaic
    — As I have regarded these amusive birds with no small attention, if I should advance something new and peculiar with respect to them, and different from all other birds, I might perhaps be credited, especially as my assertion is the result of many years' exact observation.
  3. Amusing, humorous. archaic

词形变化

more amusive comparative most amusive superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
amusively amusiveness unamusive

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Old French a-
Old French muser
Old French amuserbor.
Middle English *amusen
English amuse
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English amusive
From amuse + -ive.
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