lusorious
English
Adjective
lusorious (comparative more lusorious, superlative most lusorious)
- (obsolete) Pertaining to a sport, game or pastime.
- 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970:, II.2.4:
- Many too nicely take exceptions at cards, tables, and dice, and such mixed lusorious lots […]
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