Ludic

English is not a language one can ever get ahead of-- there are just too many words! Like 'ludic; for example: meaning playful, in the sense of spontaneous, without real purpose....Soooooo, how come I never came across Little Ludic in over sixty years of reading hundreds of books in my beloved mother tongue, the language I love, the language I married. Even spellcheck never saw it, or else why underline little Ludic in red, like a criminal of some sort who needs a good sorting out, a spell in word prison perhaps? If one but takes the time to look, one can find sweet Ludic laying low, hiding quietly in the BIG FAT ONE, the Oxford Dictionary! Lord and Regent of all word books. Ludic lives there with his cousins: Ludibrious and that stuffed shirt, Ludibry, and the handsome, macho Ludrico ( who is no doubt from the Italian side of the family) and of course, the far more famous Ludicrous, a celebrity who seems to want all the spotlight for himself. Words can be so very selfish too....