disportiveadj.
rare.
Inclined to disport; sportive.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > playfulness > [adjective]
gamingOE
playfulc1225
gamefulc1275
gamelya1350
gamesomea1375
playable?c1475
frisky?a1500
sporting1549
sportful1577
toyish1577
toyful1580
sportive1593
gambol1600
sportly1600
sporting1607
playsome1612
jiggish1635
toysome1638
ludible1656
ludibund1668
good-humoured1682
flippant1711
lusory1711
gamp1737
kittenish1753
sportable1767
disportive1773
whisky1782
playward1878
1773 J. Ross Fratricide (MS) i. 739 Abel to him calls The sons of Cain disportive from his side.
1793 ‘A. Pasquin’ Authentic Mem. W. Hastings (new ed.) 48 Nero disportively made Innocence and Merit bleed.
1813 T. Busby tr. Lucretius Nature of Things ii. 353 The fleecy breed..on the joyous grass disportive feed.
Derivatives
diˈsportively adv. in sport.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > playfulness > [adverb]
gamelya1375
gamefullyc1410
gamesomelya1425
wantonlya1475
sportfullya1586
sportively1597
lasciviously1607
puppy-like1617
sportinglya1639
playsomely1646
playfully1736
disportively1810
kittenishly1896
1810 Morning Herald 30 Apr. Tinting the cheeks of their royal brethren, disportively, as they passed.
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adj.1773