Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
SPORTIVE
coltish, frolicsome, frolicky, rollicking, sportive
(adjective) given to merry frolicking; “frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes”
sportive
(adjective) relating to or interested in sports
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sportive (comparative more sportive, superlative most sportive)
(archaic) lively; merry; spritely
Playful, coltish.
Interested in sport.
Sporty, good at sport.
Noun
sportive (plural sportives)
(cycling) cyclosportive
Anagrams
• overtips, pivoters, repivots, sorptive, tip overs
Source: Wiktionary
Sport"ive, a.
Definition: Tending to, engaged in, or provocate of, sport; gay; froliscome; playful; merry. Is it I That drive thee from the sportive court Shak.
– Sport"ive*ly, adv.
– Sport"ive*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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