amusive
adjEtymology From amuse + -ive.
1
Obsolete Illusive, deceitful.
- [T]he Swain […] amaz'd / Beholds th' amusive Arch before him fly, / Then vanish quite away.a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:
2
Archaic Giving entertainment or interest; recreative, diverting, engaging.
- 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.1789, Gilbert White, Natural History and Antiquities of Selbourne:
3
Archaic Amusing, humorous.
- Derived terms
- amusively, amusiveness, unamusive