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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