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sportfull

sportfull is the obsolete spelling of sportful.

Meaning of sportful

Adjective

sportful (comparative more sportful, superlative most sportful)

  1. (archaic) playful, merry
    • Then from his lofty stand on that high tree Down he alights among the sportful herd Of those four-footed kinds, himself now one, Now other, as their shape served best his end Nearer to view his prey, and, unespied, To mark what of their state he more might learn, By word or action marked.1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
  2. related to sport
    • Is it like cudgel-playing or other sportful forms of bloodshed?1912, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native

Forms of sportfull

comparativemore sportfull
superlativemost sportfull

Questions about sportfull

What is sportfull the obsolete spelling of?
Sportfull is the obsolete spelling of sportful.

Words near sportfull in the dictionary

  1. sportfishermen
  2. sportfishery
  3. sportfishes
  4. sportfishing
  5. sportful
  6. sportfull
  7. sportfully
  8. sportfulness
  9. Sportianity
  10. sportier
  11. sportiest

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