sportiveness
1Sportiveness — 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.… …
2sportiveness — noun see sportive …
3sportiveness — See sportively. * * * …
4sportiveness — noun the state of being sportive …
5sportiveness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The state of being full of high spirited fun: friskiness, frolicsomeness, playfulness, waggishness. See WORK …
6sportiveness — spor·tive·ness …
7sportiveness — noun lively high spirited playfulness • Syn: ↑friskiness, ↑frolicsomeness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sportive, ↑frolicsome (for: ↑frolicsomeness), ↑frisky ( …
8friskiness — noun lively high spirited playfulness • Syn: ↑frolicsomeness, ↑sportiveness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sportive (for: ↑sportiveness), ↑frolicsome (for: ↑ …
9frolicsomeness — noun lively high spirited playfulness • Syn: ↑friskiness, ↑sportiveness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sportive (for: ↑sportiveness), ↑frolicsome, ↑frisky ( …
10Animal 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… …
