lusus

Meaning

Verb

1. (declension-1, declension-2, participle) played (a game or sport), having been played.
2. (declension-1, declension-2, participle) practiced, having been practiced.
3. (declension-1, declension-2, participle) mocked, mimicked, having been mocked.
4. (declension-1, declension-2, participle) teased, ridiculed, having been teased.
5. (declension-1, declension-2, participle) deceived, tricked, having been deceived.

Noun

1. (declension-4) a playing, play, sport, game
2. (declension-4) toying, dalliance
3. (declension-4) jest, mockery, fun

Concepts

frolic

fun

gambol

high jinks

jocularity

joke

🤣

laugh

😆

play

pleasantry

Synonyms

iocus

🤣

facetia

Translations

broma

🤣

Scherz

🤣

Spaß

plaisanterie

🤣

scherzo

🤣

celia

🤣

lazzo

brinquedo

broma

🤣

chiste

🤣

alay

şaka

🤣

şakacılık

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈɫuː.sʊs]

Etymology

From the perfect passive participle of lūdō (“play (a game, sport)”).