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Webster 1913 Edition
Sportive
Sport′ive
(-ĭv)
, Adj.
Tending to, engaged in, or provocative of, sport; gay; frolicsome; playful; merry.
Is it I
That drive thee from the
– That drive thee from the
sportive
court? Shakespeare
Sport′ive-ly
, adv.
Sport′ive-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sportive
SPORTIVE
,Adj.
1.
Gay; merry; wanton; frolicksome.Is it I that drive thee from the sportive court?
2.
Inclined to mirth; playful; as a sportive humor.Definition 2024
sportive
sportive
English
Adjective
sportive (comparative more sportive, superlative most sportive)
- gay; frolicsome; merry
- Is it I / That drive thee from the sportive court? — Shakespeare.
- Playful, coltish.
- Interested in sport.
- Sporty, good at sport.
Translations
gay, frolicsome, merry — see merry
playful, coltish — see playful
interested in sport
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sporty, good at sport
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Noun
sportive (plural sportives)
- (cycling) cyclosportive
- 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- Such incidents, part of the cherished mythology of the Tour's early years, are rare in modern cycling, although a 62-year-old local councillor was arrested and subsequently released after tacks had been scattered during the 2009 Etape Caledonia, a sportive held on closed roads in Scotland, causing countless punctures among the 3,500 riders.
- 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track