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ludic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈluː.dɪk/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From French ludique, from Latin ludo (“to play”).

Meanings

  1. Playful.
  2. Of or pertaining to play or games.
    • What I have tried to do here is to draw a consistent frame which could explain most characteristics of both Xiangqi and Chess ludic structures. 2001, Jean-Louis Cazaux, “Is Chess a Hybrid Game?”, in netcologne.de, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2005, page 12:
  3. Of or pertaining to playfully fictitious or affected use of language, such as an exaggerated accent for respectfully comic effect or cutesy diction.

Forms

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most ludic Degree=Sup lexicographic
more ludic Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

ludic fallacy · ludically

Relateds

ludography · ludolect · ludology · ludics · ludenic

Translations (8)

ca lúdic (of or pertaining to play) · de ludisch (of or pertaining to play) · fr ludique (of or pertaining to play) · io ludala (of or pertaining to play) · de verspielt (of or pertaining to play) · pt lúdico (of or pertaining to play) · de spielerisch (of or pertaining to play) · es lúdico (of or pertaining to play)