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ludic

/ˈluː.dɪk/

ludic adjective: playful.

Adjective

ludic (comparative more ludic, superlative most ludic)

  1. Playful.
  2. Of or pertaining to play or games.
    • What I have tried to do here is to draw a consistent frame which could explain most characteristics of both Xiangqi and Chess ludic structures.2001, Jean-Louis Cazaux, “Is Chess a Hybrid Game?”, in netcologne.de, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2005, page 12
  3. Of or pertaining to playfully fictitious or affected use of language, such as an exaggerated accent for respectfully comic effect or cutesy diction.

Proper noun capitalized: Ludic

Ludic

  1. An endangered Finnic language spoken in Russia on the southwestern shores of the lake Onega.
    Synonyms:
    Ludian

ludic meaning in Tamil

ludic in Tamil

விளையாட்டுத்தனமான

Synonyms of ludic

Forms of ludic

comparativemore ludic
superlativemost ludic

Origin of ludic

From French ludique, from Latin ludo (“to play”).

Words formed from ludic

Words that rhyme with ludic

Questions about ludic

What does ludic mean?
Ludic means playful.
What is ludic in Tamil?
Ludic in Tamil is விளையாட்டுத்தனமான. See Ludic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ludic?
Ludic can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ludic?
Ludic is pronounced /ˈluː.dɪk/.

Words near ludic in the dictionary

  1. ludibriously
  2. ludibrium
  3. ludibry
  4. ludibund
  5. ludibundness
  6. ludic
  7. ludic fallacy
  8. ludically
  9. ludicrity
  10. ludicroserious
  11. ludicrosities

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ludic (page history and authors); Ludic (page history and authors); ludic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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