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Amusement Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ment

Amusement has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a feeling of delight at being entertained

"The children watched the clown's antics with pure amusement."

2

an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention

"The children found building a complex castle out of blocks to be their favorite amusement during the afternoon."

3

Entertainment.

"The children found great amusement in watching the clown perform his tricks at the carnival."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
delight diversion
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
beguilement edutainment extravaganza militainment nightlife show

Origin

The word comes from Middle French amusement, which combines the verb amuser with the suffix -ment. It originally referred to the act of amusing or providing entertainment.

Rhyming Words
ent bent ment went sent vent pent hent cent fent dent tent kent gent rent lent djent ament seent brent
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