"lusory" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈluːzəɹi/ Forms: more lusory [comparative], most lusory [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} lusory (comparative more lusory, superlative most lusory)
  1. Alternative form of lusorious Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: lusorious Related terms: prelusory
    Sense id: en-lusory-en-adj-MYPmQ59f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1830, Richard Baxter, The Practical Works of the Late Reverend and Pious Mr. Richard Baxter, page 618",
          "text": "And if the judgment of Voetius, Amesius, and other learned men against all lusory lots be of no authority, at least it should move you that even Mr. Gataker and others, that write for the lawfulness of them in that respect (as lusory lots) do yet lay down the rest of teh requisites to make them lawful, which utterly condemn our common use of cards and dice, much more our gamesters: so that all the sober divines that ever I read or heard, condemn all these: and are you wiser than all of them?",
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          "ref": "2003, Katie Salen Tekinbas, Eric Zimmerman, Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals, page 98",
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          "ref": "2005, Bernard Suits, The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia, page 51",
          "text": "In contrast, winning can be described only in terms of the game in which it figures, and winning may accordingly be called the lusory goal of a game.",
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          "ref": "2007, William J. Morgan, Ethics in Sport, page 11",
          "text": "Finally, the goal of participating in the game is not, strictly speaking, a part of the game at all. It is simply one of the goals that people have, such as wealth, glory, or security. As such it may be called a lusory goal, but a lusory goal of life rather than of games.",
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          "ref": "2003, Katie Salen Tekinbas, Eric Zimmerman, Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals, page 98",
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          "ref": "2005, Bernard Suits, The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia, page 51",
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          "ref": "2007, William J. Morgan, Ethics in Sport, page 11",
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