Definition of Ludic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to play; playful. ¹

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to games of chance. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ludic

1. aimlessly playful [adj]

Medical Definition of Ludic

1. Playlike; playfully pretending. Origin: G. Ludus, game (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ludic

lucullan
lucullite
lucullites
lucuma
lucumas
lucumo
lucumos
lud
luddenite
lude
luderick
ludericks
ludes
ludibrious
ludibund
ludic (current term)
ludicrosities
ludicrosity
ludicrous
ludicrously
ludicrousness
ludicrousnesses
ludification
ludifications
ludificatory
ludjibaite
ludlamite
ludlockite
ludlow group
ludo

Literary usage of Ludic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An elementary Latin grammar by John Barrow Allen (1874)
"Gen. ludic-is, a judge's, or of a ludic-um, of judges. judge. Dat. ludic-i, to or for a judge. ludic-1bus, to or for judges ..."

2. Constant's New Babylon: The Hyper-architecture of Desire by Mark Wigley (1998)
"We- could begin for instance with the debase-me-nt of theconcept ‘ludic. ... concept that is closely' connected ss-ith the idea ofa non-working or ‘ludic' ..."

3. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar by Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Gonzalez Lodge (1894)
"... 634, B.1 ; with Causal Sentence in ludic , 540; with Causal Sentence in ... R.3; ludic. Relative Sentences, ib. R.4; ambiguity in, ib. ..."

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