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disportments

disportments is the plural of disportment.

Meaning of disportment

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

Questions about disportments

What is disportments the plural of?
Disportments is the plural of disportment.

Words near disportments in the dictionary

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

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