amuser

English

Etymology

From amuse +‎ -er.

Noun

amuser (plural amusers)

1. Someone who amuses.
2. (obsolete, slang) Rogues who carried snuff or dust in their pockets, which they threw into the eyes of any person they intended to rob; and running away, their accomplices (pretending to assist and pity the half-blinded person) took that opportunity of plundering him. (1811 Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue)

Anagrams

• Maseru, Mauser

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French

Etymology

From Middle French amuser (“to amuse, divert, babble”), from Old French amuser (“to stupefy, waste time, be lost in thought”), from a- + muser (“to stare stupidly at, gape, wander, waste time, loiter, think carefully about, attend to”), of uncertain and obscure origin. Cognate with Occitan musa (“idle waiting”), Italian musare (“to gape idly about”). Possibly from Old French *mus (“snout”) from Proto-Romance *mūsa (“snout”) (—compare Medieval Latin mūsum (“muzzle, snout”)), of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic base *mū- (“muzzle, snout”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“lips, muzzle”). Compare German Maul (“muzzle, snout”).

Alternative etymology connects Old French muser and Occitan musa with Old High German muoza (“careful attention, leisure, idleness”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtōn (“leave, permission”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to acquire, possess, control”). Compare also Old High German muozōn (“to be idle, have leisure or opportunity”), German Musse (“leisure”). More at empty.

Pronunciation

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Verb

amuser

1. (transitive) to amuse, to entertain
2. (reflexive, s'amuser) to have fun, to enjoy oneself

Conjugation

   Conjugation of amuser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		amuser			avoir amusé
gerund		en amusant			en ayant amusé
present participle		amusant
past participle		amusé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	amuse	amuses	amuse	amusons	amusez	amusent
	imperfect	amusais	amusais	amusait	amusions	amusiez	amusaient
	past historic1	amusai	amusas	amusa	amusâmes	amusâtes	amusèrent
	future	amuserai	amuseras	amusera	amuserons	amuserez	amuseront
	conditional	amuserais	amuserais	amuserait	amuserions	amuseriez	amuseraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	amuse	amuses	amuse	amusions	amusiez	amusent
	imperfect1	amusasse	amusasses	amusât	amusassions	amusassiez	amusassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	amuse	—	amusons	amusez	—
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Derived terms

• amusant
• amusement
• amuse-gueule
• amusette
• amuseur

Anagrams

• masure, Maures, maures, mesura, mueras, musera, remuas, résuma, ruâmes