lusorious
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to a sport, game or pastime.
Example Sentences
- "Many too nicely take exceptions at cards, tables, and dice, and such mixed lusorious lots […]"
- "Not gyved with connubial relations, I entered upon my migration entirely isolated, with the exception of a canine quadruped whose mordacious, latrant, lusorious, and venatic qualities, are without parity."
- "But Gataker stipulated that in order for such recreation to be lawful, each possible outcome of a lusorious lot must be morally indifferent, and he platitudinously added that games of chance 'are to be used soberly, seasonably, ingenuously, inoffensively, prudently, and religiously.'"
Etymology
From Latin lūsōrius, from lūsor (“player”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: lūsōrius
Inflected Forms
more lusorious (comparative)
most lusorious (superlative)