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ludic

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lu⋅dic

  [loo-dik]
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–adjective
playful in an aimless way: the ludic behavior of kittens.
Origin:
1935–40; < L lūd- (s. of lūdere to play) + -ic, perh. via F ludique, learned formation from same components
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lu·dic   (lōō'dĭk)   
adj.  Of or relating to play or playfulness: "Fiction . . . now makes [language] the center of its reflexive concern, and explodes in ludic, parodic, ironic forms" (Ihab Hassan).

[French ludique, from Latin lūdus, play; see leid- in Indo-European roots.]
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