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ˈsportance rare.
[f. sport v. + -ance.]
Sport, play; sportive or frolicsome activity.
c1440Cast. Persev. 141 in Macro Plays, Dere Frendys, we thanke ȝou of all good dalyaunce & of all ȝoure specyal sportaunce. 1584Peele Arraign. Paris i. iii, The rounde in a circle our sportance must be; Holde handes in a hornepype, all gallant in glee. 1891F. Thompson Sister-Songs (1895) 45 Where sprites of so essential kind Set their paces, Surely they shall leave behind The green traces Of their sportance in the mind. |