amusive

comparative more amusive · superlative most amusive

1. obsoleteIllusive, deceitful.First known use 18th–19th c.

   [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. archaicGiving entertainment or interest; recreative, diverting, engaging.First known use 18th c.

   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. archaicAmusing, humorous.First known use 18th c.