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disportment

disportment noun: act of disporting; fun or play.

Noun

disportment (countable and uncountable, plural disportments)

  1. (obsolete) Act of disporting; fun or play.
    • These young girles, the Nymphs of Diana, called and carried away the old Wizzard to the enjoyment of those disportments and pleasures that such ludicrous Spirits, together with old Hags and others of the fraternity, use to make with one another1660, H[enry] More, An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness; […], London: […] J[ames] Flesher, for W[illiam] Morden […], →OCLC

Forms of disportment

pluraldisportments

Origin of disportment

From disport + -ment.

Questions about disportment

What does disportment mean?
Disportment means act of disporting; fun or play.
What part of speech is disportment?
Disportment is a noun.
What is the plural of disportment?
The plural of disportment is disportments.

Words near disportment in the dictionary

  1. disportest
  2. disporteth
  3. disporting
  4. disportings
  5. disportive
  6. disportment
  7. disportments
  8. disports
  9. dispos
  10. dispos'd
  11. disposabilities

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