Etymology

ludibrious

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Today it means: sportive; wanton Full definition →

Latin ludibrium
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  1. Latin · derived fromludibrium“mockery, derision”
  2. English todayludibrious

From Latin ludibrium (“mockery, derision”), from ludere (“to play, sport”).

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