OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 1717

amusement

/əˈmjuzmənt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
divertimento • divertimiento • embebecimiento • esparcimiento
Entertainment.
This is some form of amusement you're talking about.
To my great amusement, the dog kept on chasing its tail and yelped when it bit it.
diversión • divertimento • divertimiento • embebecimiento
An activity that is entertaining or amusing, such as dancing, gunning, or fishing.
"What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy! There is nothing like dancing after all. I consider it as one of the first refinements of polished society."
His chief amusements were gunning and fishing, or sauntering along the beach and through the myrtles, in quest of shells or entomological specimens--his collection of the latter mi…
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