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† make-sport Obs.
[See make v.1 9.]
One who or something which provides sport for others; hence, a laughing-stock.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. VIII. ii. §12. 381 To aduenture himselfe among the Danish Host, as a base Minstrell and contemptible Make-sport. a1625Fletcher Chances iii. i, My patience..must be your make-sport now. 1640Quarles Enchirid. iii. xliv, Let not mirth be thy profession, lest thou become a Make-sport. a1661Fuller Worthies (1840) II. 455 Being made the make-sport in all plays for a coward.
b. attrib. or as adj. Providing sport; mocking.
1582Stanyhurst æneis i. (Arb.) 41 Let make sport Bacchus [L. lætitiae Bacchus dator]..be present. 1600T. Weelkes Madrigals of 5 & 6 Parts ix. C i, The make sport Cuckow, and the Quaile. 1621Bp. R. Montagu Diatribæ 11 No..mad prankes playd by any toyish or make-sport diuels in the vault. |