amuser

== English == === Etymology === From amuse +‎ -er. === Noun === amuser (plural amusers) Someone who amuses. (obsolete) One who diverts attention, usually to distract or bewilder, often for fraudulent purposes; hence a cheat, deceiver or thief. (historical, early 19th century) One of a class of rogues who carry snuff or dust in their pockets, which they throw into the eyes of people so as to enable their accomplices to rob them while pretending to help them. 2002, various authors, Gangs of New York (film), Miramax Films, Entertainment Film Distributors: BOSS TWEED — No one important, necessarily. Average men will do. Back alley amusers with no affiliations. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Maseru, Mauser, Semrau == French == === Etymology === Inherited 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 Vulgar Latin *mūsa (“snout”) (compare Medieval Latin mūsum (“muzzle, snout”)), from Proto-Germanic *mū- (“muzzle, snout”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“lips, muzzle”). Compare German Maul (“muzzle, snout”). An alternative etymology connects Old French muser and Occitan musa with Old High German muoza (“careful attention, leisure, idleness”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtǭ (“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 === IPA(key): /a.my.ze/ === Verb === amuser (transitive) to amuse, to entertain (reflexive, s'amuser) to have fun, to enjoy oneself ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Franco-Provençal: amusar → German: amüsieren === Further reading === “amuser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === masure, Maures, maures, mesura, mueras, musera, remuas, résuma, ruâmes == Norman == === Alternative forms === amûther (St. Ouen) === Etymology === 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. === Verb === amuser (Jersey) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.