- sportiveness
- noun see sportive
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
sportiveness
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Sportiveness — Sportive Sport ive ( [i^]v), a. Tending to, engaged in, or provocative of, sport; gay; frolicsome; playful; merry. [1913 Webster] Is it I That drive thee from the sportive court? Shak. [1913 Webster] {Sport ive*ly}, adv. {Sport ive*ness}, n.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sportiveness — See sportively. * * * … Universalium
sportiveness — noun the state of being sportive … Wiktionary
sportiveness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The state of being full of high spirited fun: friskiness, frolicsomeness, playfulness, waggishness. See WORK … English dictionary for students
sportiveness — spor·tive·ness … English syllables
sportiveness — noun lively high spirited playfulness • Syn: ↑friskiness, ↑frolicsomeness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sportive, ↑frolicsome (for: ↑frolicsomeness), ↑frisky ( … Useful english dictionary
friskiness — noun lively high spirited playfulness • Syn: ↑frolicsomeness, ↑sportiveness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sportive (for: ↑sportiveness), ↑frolicsome (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
frolicsomeness — noun lively high spirited playfulness • Syn: ↑friskiness, ↑sportiveness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sportive (for: ↑sportiveness), ↑frolicsome, ↑frisky ( … Useful english dictionary
Animal spirits — Spirit Spir it, n. [OF. espirit, esperit, F. esprit, L. spiritus, from spirare to breathe, to blow. Cf. {Conspire}, {Expire}, {Esprit}, {Sprite}.] 1. Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself. [Obs.] All of spirit… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ardent spirits — Spirit Spir it, n. [OF. espirit, esperit, F. esprit, L. spiritus, from spirare to breathe, to blow. Cf. {Conspire}, {Expire}, {Esprit}, {Sprite}.] 1. Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself. [Obs.] All of spirit… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
