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

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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

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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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