SPORTFUL

Etymology

Adjective

sportful (comparative more sportful, superlative most sportful)

(archaic) playful, merry

related to sport

Source: Wiktionary


Sport"ful, a.

1. Full of sport; merry; frolicsome; full of jesting; indulging in mirth or play; playful; wanton; as, a sportful companion. Down he alights among the sportful herd. Milton.

2. Done in jest, or for mere play; sportive. They are no sportful productions of the soil. Bentley.

– Sport"ful*ly, adv.

– Sport"ful*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

5 November 2024

TEMPORIZE

(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”


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