sphairistiken.

/sfɛːˈrɪstɪki/

Etymology: < Greek σϕαιριστική (τέχνη) (skill) in playing at ball, < σϕαιριστικός : compare sphairistic adj. Compare stické n.

Obsolete exc. Historical.

A type of tennis first played in 1873 which was later developed into and renamed lawn tennis.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > other types of tennis > [noun]

sphairistike1874

squash1899

squash tennis1901

paddle tennis1922

platform paddle tennis1935

platform tennis1955

1874 G. D. Fitzgerald in Field 21 Mar. 270/2 Sir, I have lately seen a new game played which will be a great acquisition as an out-of-door amusement at country houses. The game is called Sphairistike, or Lawn Tennis.

1874 F. Kilvert Diary 27 July (1969) III. 55 We began to play ‘sphairistike’ or lawn tennis.

1927 Times 10 June 10/4 Badminton quickly got a certain popularity in England, and from it Major Wingfield invented sphairistike. The net of sphairistike was practically the badminton net, 5 ft. high at the sides, with the same, if a broader, red tape along the top.

1927 Times 10 June 10/4 The name ‘sphairistike’, however, was impossible (if only because people would pronounce it as a word of three syllables to rhyme with ‘pike’), and it was soon rechristened.

1965 Punch 16 June 895/2 The British invented lawn tennis, though the original name for it, ‘sphairistike’, didn't catch on.

1965 Punch 16 June 896/3 Arthur Balfour..mildly suggested that a better name for ‘sphairistike’ would be ‘lawn tennis’!

1982 ‘J. Gash’ Firefly Gadroon v. 62 My eyes lit upon a genuine old Sphairistike racquet.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	sphairistike
释义	sphairistiken. /sfɛːˈrɪstɪki/ Etymology: < Greek σϕαιριστική (τέχνη) (skill) in playing at ball, < σϕαιριστικός : compare sphairistic adj. Compare stické n. Obsolete exc. Historical. A type of tennis first played in 1873 which was later developed into and renamed lawn tennis. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > other types of tennis > [noun] sphairistike1874 squash1899 squash tennis1901 paddle tennis1922 platform paddle tennis1935 platform tennis1955 1874 G. D. Fitzgerald in Field 21 Mar. 270/2 Sir, I have lately seen a new game played which will be a great acquisition as an out-of-door amusement at country houses. The game is called Sphairistike, or Lawn Tennis. 1874 F. Kilvert Diary 27 July (1969) III. 55 We began to play ‘sphairistike’ or lawn tennis. 1927 Times 10 June 10/4 Badminton quickly got a certain popularity in England, and from it Major Wingfield invented sphairistike. The net of sphairistike was practically the badminton net, 5 ft. high at the sides, with the same, if a broader, red tape along the top. 1927 Times 10 June 10/4 The name ‘sphairistike’, however, was impossible (if only because people would pronounce it as a word of three syllables to rhyme with ‘pike’), and it was soon rechristened. 1965 Punch 16 June 895/2 The British invented lawn tennis, though the original name for it, ‘sphairistike’, didn't catch on. 1965 Punch 16 June 896/3 Arthur Balfour..mildly suggested that a better name for ‘sphairistike’ would be ‘lawn tennis’! 1982 ‘J. Gash’ Firefly Gadroon v. 62 My eyes lit upon a genuine old Sphairistike racquet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1874
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