a. Obs. rare. [ad. L. lūdibundus, f. lūdĕre to play.] Playful. Hence † Ludibundness.
1664. H. More, Myst. Iniq., 316. That ludibundness in Nature in her Gamaieus and such like sportful and ludicrous productions. Ibid. (1668), Div. Dial., III. xvi. (1713), 214. Though the Phancy of Cuphophron may seem more than ordinary ludibund and lightsomely sportful.
1727. Bailey, vol. II., Ludibund, full of play.