Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Frolicsomeness; playfulness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Sportiveness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete
sportiveness
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Examples
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I have something within me which cannot bear the shock of the least indecent insinuation: in the sportability of chitchat I have often endeavored to conquer it, and with infinite pain have hazarded a thousand things to a dozen of the sex togetherthe least of which I could not venture to a single one to gain heaven.
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I have something within me which cannot bear the shock of the least indecent insinuation: in the sportability of chit-chat I have often endeavoured to conquer it, and with infinite pain have hazarded a thousand things to a dozen of the sex together, — the least of which I could not venture to a single one to gain heaven.
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I have something within me which cannot bear the shock of the least indecent insinuation: in the sportability of chit-chat I have often endeavoured to conquer it, and with infinite pain have hazarded a thousand things to a dozen of the sex together, - the least of which I could not venture to a single one to gain heaven.
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I have something within me which cannot bear the shock of the least indecent insinuation: in the sportability of chit-chat I have often endeavoured to conquer it, and with infinite pain have hazarded a thousand things to a dozen of the sex together, -- the least of which I could not venture to a single one to gain heaven.
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy Laurence Sterne 1740
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