Etymograph

English

amuser

From amuse + -er.

A compound of amuse + -er

Old French muser ‘to stare stupidly at, gape, wander, waste…’

Old French amuser ‘to stupefy, waste time, be lost in thought’

Middle English *amusen ‘to mutter, be astonished, gaze meditatively on’

English amuse

Today it means

noun Someone who amuses.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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