disport

English

Verb

disport (third-person singular simple present disports, present participle disporting, simple past and past participle disported)

1. to amuse oneself divertingly or playfully; to cavort or gambol
2. to display ostentatiously

Translations

to amuse oneself divertingly or playfully

Bulgarian:, развличам се (bg) (razvlíčam se), забавлявам се (bg) (zabavljávam se)

Noun

disport (plural disports)

1. (archaic) A pastime; anything which diverts one from serious matters; a game; sport; relaxation, recreation; entertainment; amusement;
2. (obsolete) Fun; gaiety; merriment; mirth; joy
3. (obsolete) Deportment; bearing; carriage.
4. (obsolete) orientation; elevation; bearing.
   • 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World (Dialogue Two)

     ... shooting a bullet ... out of a Culverin towards the East, and afterwards another, with the same charge, and at the same elevation or disport towards the West.

Translations

A pastime

Bulgarian:, забава (bg) f., забавление (bg) n.

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989

Anagrams

• tripods