sportfuladj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈspɔːtf(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/ˈspɔrtfəl/

Forms: see sport n.¹ and -ful suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sport n.¹, -ful suffix.

Etymology: < sport n.¹ + -ful suffix.

Now rare.

†a. Providing entertainment or amusement; having an element of recreation or play; diverting, fun. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > [adjective] > amusing or entertaining

sportful1445

solaciousc1450

recreativec1487

good1489

sportsome1533

entertaining1582

divertive1598

pastiming1606

distractful1636

diverting1651

divertising1655

divertissanta1660

lightsome1679

amusive1730

amusing1753

musical1815

fun1827

funsy1958

1445 tr. Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis in Anglia (1905) 28 273 With sobirnes thi sporteful wordis arn meyncte.

?a1450 Siege Calais (Galba) in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 155 Hyt was a sportfulle sygthe, How hys darttes he did schak.

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 294 Othir beddis [of herbs]..ful fressh I-dight: For comers to the hoost, riȝte a sportful sight.

1564 tr. M. Flacius Illyricus Godly Admon. Decrees Counsel of Trent 49 Thys sportfull and histrionicall representation.., which consisteth in outward gestures.

1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. D4^v Lets away Of all the yeare this is the sportfulst day.

1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 289 The Drones are a lazie and carelesse generation, delighting themselves in sportfull recreations.

1700 N. Rowe Ambitious Step-mother iii. i Where the sportful Chace had call'd us forth.

1760 J. Home Siege of Aquileia v. i. 51 If from Rome thou went'st A sportful journey to the Baian shore.

1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne 242 They tempt the reader..into pleasing and sportful fields of narration.

1831 J. K. Paulding Dutchman's Fireside I. iv. 56 The happy anticipations that beckoned them forward to sportful revelry.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. x. ii. 580 A young fool, bent on sportful pursuits instead of serious.

1881 T. Woolner Pygmalion iii. 41 She would press on him nourishment, and plead He took more rest and sportful exercise.

b. Devised or undertaken in jest; not serious in purpose or intent; mischievous. Also occasionally as adv. Cf. sportive adj. 5b.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > mere amusement > [adjective]

sportful1609

sportive1616

sported1687

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 329 Though't be a sportfull combat, Yet in the triall much opinion dwells.

1614 T. Freeman Rubbe & Great Cast ii. sig. K2 Thy wit hath beene an honest Innocent, A Naturall, a Iohn-Indifferent: Nay more, (to speake comparatiuely sportfull) A Iohn in Porrige, neither good, nor hurtfull.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) v. i. 362 How with a sportfull malice it was follow'd, May rather plucke on laughter then reuenge.

1651 H. More Second Lash of Alazanomastix in Enthusiasmus Triumphatus (1656) 185 I shall now begin the game of my personated Enmitie, or sportfull Colluctation with him.

1730 M. Tindal Addr. Inhabitants London & Westm. (ed. 2) 35 This was treating Religion after a sportful, unserious, ludicrous and reproachful Manner.

1768 J. Cleland Specimen Etimol. Vocab. Antient Celtic 93 There was instituted a sportful war between two parties, the one in defense of the continuance of winter, the other for bringing in the summer.

1841 W. Ware Julian I. 194 Judith, who had evidently spoken in a sportful manner, seemed grieved by the grave reply of her father.

1960 S. Radhakrishnan Brahma Sutra 362 Even though we may detect some subtle motives for sportful action among men, we cannot attribute any to the Supreme.

1989 K. Duncan-Jones Sir Phillip Sidney Notes 382 These apparently sportful works were more profound and serious than might be thought.

2005 Shakespeare Bull. (Nexis) 22 Dec. 84 That sportful aggression was at its sharpest on the road back to Padua.

2. Engaging, or inclined to engage, in diversion, recreation, or pleasure; light-hearted, witty; playful, merry. Also in extended use.

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

1577 T. Kendall Trifles f. 2, in tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes Graue men graue matters, sportfull youth must sportfull toyes rehearse.

a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. A3 Crownets of pearle about his naked armes, And in his sportfull hands an Oliue tree.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 6 They [sc. monkeys] are very sportful, and giuen to imitate the actions of men like apes.

1632 P. Massinger Emperour of East i. ii. sig. C2^v There I am calde The Squire of Dames,..And by the allowance of some sportfull Ladies Honor'd with that title.

1671 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 238 She not pleasing him, being not sportfull enough.

1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 41 Figures..which we admire as the Work of sportful Nature.

1755 Man No. 23. 2 The powers of the imagination, and the sportful wits of men are rouzed..by..nature in the Spring.

1772 W. Jones Poems 44 But when the sportful train beheld from far The nymphs returning with the stately car.

1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. L. Tieck in German Romance II. 110 They who were then sportful on the green are now serious in the church.

1827 T. Carlyle J. P. F. Richter in German Romance III. 5 With a heart at once of the most earnest and most sportful cast.

1853 J. R. Planché Once upon Time ii. ii. 37 I've had great sport, and yet I don't feel sportful; In vain, with riot, I have filled the court full.

1971 Metrop. Mus. Art Bull. 30 51 She extends a sportful hand to stroke the bird's neck.

a. Moving, or inclined to move, in a playful or lively manner; frisky, frolicsome.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [adjective]

jollyc1325

kedgec1440

fledge?1461

frisky?a1500

sprightya1522

frisk1528

sprightful1550

quick-spirited1552

lively1567

quick-sprighted1579

alive-like1582

aleger1590

firking1594

sprightly1594

sportive1595

mettled1599

alives-like1601

spirited1601

spirituous1601

mettle1606

great-stomached1607

free-spirited1613

spirity1615

spiritous1628

vivacious1645

rattlingc1650

sportful1650

airy1654

animated1660

racy1671

mettlesome1673

sparklinga1704

raffing?1719

bob1721

vivace1721

alive1748

lifey1793

spunky1831

gilpie1835

bubbling1860

chippy1865

bubblesome1879

colourful1882

sparky1883

bubbly1912

jazzy1917

spritzy1973

sparkly1979

kicking1983

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. xiii. 271 And the most sportfull fishes dare not jest with the edged-tools of this Dead-sea.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 64 When sportful Coots run skimming o're the Strand.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 233 The poet beholds shady groves, sportfull flocks and verdant lawns.

1768 W. Jones Solima 96 The camels bounded o'er the flowery lawn, Like the swift ostrich, or the sportful fawn.

1822 J. Wilson Lights & Shadows Sc. Life 53 In play-hours they bounded in their glee together like young deer, and led the sportful flock in all excursions through the wood or over moor.

1862 D. Campbell Lang., Poetry, & Mus. Highland Clans 145 Sportful in his proud career, he [sc. the salmon] springs at the midges.

1944 Jrnl. Philos. 41 11 The swift but sportful and skillful dolphin.

†b. Characterized by playful vigour or liveliness of movement. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > brisk or active > of actions

sharpc1440

sportful1656

brisk1684

1656 J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Aurora xii. 248 They carry those flowers in their Hands, and begin a sportfull Dance.

1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 24 This sportfull Dance of Atoms.

1713 J. Addison in Guardian 2 June 2/1 He couches and frisks about in a thousand sportful Motions.

a1740 J. Adams Poems Several Occasions (1745) 62 The smiling Flowers and Ever-Greens, And sportful Dances all inspire My Soul, with more than Vulgar Fire.

1848 Fraser's Mag. 38 71 The sportful leap of a trout.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sportful
释义	sportfuladj.adv. Brit. /ˈspɔːtf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈspɔrtfəl/ Forms: see sport n.¹ and -ful suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sport n.¹, -ful suffix. Etymology: < sport n.¹ + -ful suffix. Now rare. 1. †a. Providing entertainment or amusement; having an element of recreation or play; diverting, fun. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [adjective] > amusing or entertaining sportful1445 solaciousc1450 recreativec1487 good1489 sportsome1533 entertaining1582 divertive1598 pastiming1606 distractful1636 diverting1651 divertising1655 divertissanta1660 lightsome1679 amusive1730 amusing1753 musical1815 fun1827 funsy1958 1445 tr. Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis in Anglia (1905) 28 273 With sobirnes thi sporteful wordis arn meyncte. ?a1450 Siege Calais (Galba) in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 155 Hyt was a sportfulle sygthe, How hys darttes he did schak. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 294 Othir beddis [of herbs]..ful fressh I-dight: For comers to the hoost, riȝte a sportful sight. 1564 tr. M. Flacius Illyricus Godly Admon. Decrees Counsel of Trent 49 Thys sportfull and histrionicall representation.., which consisteth in outward gestures. 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. D4^v Lets away Of all the yeare this is the sportfulst day. 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 289 The Drones are a lazie and carelesse generation, delighting themselves in sportfull recreations. 1700 N. Rowe Ambitious Step-mother iii. i Where the sportful Chace had call'd us forth. 1760 J. Home Siege of Aquileia v. i. 51 If from Rome thou went'st A sportful journey to the Baian shore. 1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne 242 They tempt the reader..into pleasing and sportful fields of narration. 1831 J. K. Paulding Dutchman's Fireside I. iv. 56 The happy anticipations that beckoned them forward to sportful revelry. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. x. ii. 580 A young fool, bent on sportful pursuits instead of serious. 1881 T. Woolner Pygmalion iii. 41 She would press on him nourishment, and plead He took more rest and sportful exercise. b. Devised or undertaken in jest; not serious in purpose or intent; mischievous. Also occasionally as adv. Cf. sportive adj. 5b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > mere amusement > [adjective] sportful1609 sportive1616 sported1687 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 329 Though't be a sportfull combat, Yet in the triall much opinion dwells. View more context for this quotation 1614 T. Freeman Rubbe & Great Cast ii. sig. K2 Thy wit hath beene an honest Innocent, A Naturall, a Iohn-Indifferent: Nay more, (to speake comparatiuely sportfull) A Iohn in Porrige, neither good, nor hurtfull. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) v. i. 362 How with a sportfull malice it was follow'd, May rather plucke on laughter then reuenge. View more context for this quotation 1651 H. More Second Lash of Alazanomastix in Enthusiasmus Triumphatus (1656) 185 I shall now begin the game of my personated Enmitie, or sportfull Colluctation with him. 1730 M. Tindal Addr. Inhabitants London & Westm. (ed. 2) 35 This was treating Religion after a sportful, unserious, ludicrous and reproachful Manner. 1768 J. Cleland Specimen Etimol. Vocab. Antient Celtic 93 There was instituted a sportful war between two parties, the one in defense of the continuance of winter, the other for bringing in the summer. 1841 W. Ware Julian I. 194 Judith, who had evidently spoken in a sportful manner, seemed grieved by the grave reply of her father. 1960 S. Radhakrishnan Brahma Sutra 362 Even though we may detect some subtle motives for sportful action among men, we cannot attribute any to the Supreme. 1989 K. Duncan-Jones Sir Phillip Sidney Notes 382 These apparently sportful works were more profound and serious than might be thought. 2005 Shakespeare Bull. (Nexis) 22 Dec. 84 That sportful aggression was at its sharpest on the road back to Padua. 2. Engaging, or inclined to engage, in diversion, recreation, or pleasure; light-hearted, witty; playful, merry. Also in extended use. 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 1577 T. Kendall Trifles f. 2, in tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes Graue men graue matters, sportfull youth must sportfull toyes rehearse. a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. A3 Crownets of pearle about his naked armes, And in his sportfull hands an Oliue tree. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 6 They [sc. monkeys] are very sportful, and giuen to imitate the actions of men like apes. 1632 P. Massinger Emperour of East i. ii. sig. C2^v There I am calde The Squire of Dames,..And by the allowance of some sportfull Ladies Honor'd with that title. 1671 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 238 She not pleasing him, being not sportfull enough. 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 41 Figures..which we admire as the Work of sportful Nature. 1755 Man No. 23. 2 The powers of the imagination, and the sportful wits of men are rouzed..by..nature in the Spring. 1772 W. Jones Poems 44 But when the sportful train beheld from far The nymphs returning with the stately car. 1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. L. Tieck in German Romance II. 110 They who were then sportful on the green are now serious in the church. 1827 T. Carlyle J. P. F. Richter in German Romance III. 5 With a heart at once of the most earnest and most sportful cast. 1853 J. R. Planché Once upon Time ii. ii. 37 I've had great sport, and yet I don't feel sportful; In vain, with riot, I have filled the court full. 1971 Metrop. Mus. Art Bull. 30 51 She extends a sportful hand to stroke the bird's neck. 3. a. Moving, or inclined to move, in a playful or lively manner; frisky, frolicsome. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [adjective] jollyc1325 kedgec1440 fledge?1461 frisky?a1500 sprightya1522 frisk1528 sprightful1550 quick-spirited1552 lively1567 quick-sprighted1579 alive-like1582 aleger1590 firking1594 sprightly1594 sportive1595 mettled1599 alives-like1601 spirited1601 spirituous1601 mettle1606 great-stomached1607 free-spirited1613 spirity1615 spiritous1628 vivacious1645 rattlingc1650 sportful1650 airy1654 animated1660 racy1671 mettlesome1673 sparklinga1704 raffing?1719 bob1721 vivace1721 alive1748 lifey1793 spunky1831 gilpie1835 bubbling1860 chippy1865 bubblesome1879 colourful1882 sparky1883 bubbly1912 jazzy1917 spritzy1973 sparkly1979 kicking1983 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. xiii. 271 And the most sportfull fishes dare not jest with the edged-tools of this Dead-sea. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 64 When sportful Coots run skimming o're the Strand. View more context for this quotation 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 233 The poet beholds shady groves, sportfull flocks and verdant lawns. 1768 W. Jones Solima 96 The camels bounded o'er the flowery lawn, Like the swift ostrich, or the sportful fawn. 1822 J. Wilson Lights & Shadows Sc. Life 53 In play-hours they bounded in their glee together like young deer, and led the sportful flock in all excursions through the wood or over moor. 1862 D. Campbell Lang., Poetry, & Mus. Highland Clans 145 Sportful in his proud career, he [sc. the salmon] springs at the midges. 1944 Jrnl. Philos. 41 11 The swift but sportful and skillful dolphin. †b. Characterized by playful vigour or liveliness of movement. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > brisk or active > of actions sharpc1440 sportful1656 brisk1684 1656 J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Aurora xii. 248 They carry those flowers in their Hands, and begin a sportfull Dance. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 24 This sportfull Dance of Atoms. 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 2 June 2/1 He couches and frisks about in a thousand sportful Motions. a1740 J. Adams Poems Several Occasions (1745) 62 The smiling Flowers and Ever-Greens, And sportful Dances all inspire My Soul, with more than Vulgar Fire. 1848 Fraser's Mag. 38 71 The sportful leap of a trout. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1445
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