PLAYFUL

playful

(adjective) full of fun and high spirits; “playful children just let loose from school”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

playful (comparative playfuller or more playful, superlative most playful)

liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive.

funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome.

fun, recreational, not serious.

experimental.

Source: Wiktionary


Play"ful, a.

Definition: Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy; humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer.

– Play"ful*ly, adv.

– Play"ful*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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