desport

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French desporter, deporter (“to take pleasure”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

Verb

desport (third-person singular simple present desports, present participle desporting, simple past and past participle desported)

1. To disport.
2. To amuse oneself; to make a public display of oneself.

Anagrams

• deports, red tops, red-tops, redtops, sported, spot-red

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Old French

Noun

desport oblique singular, m (oblique plural desporz or desportz, nominative singular desporz or desportz, nominative plural desport)

1. Alternative form of deport