Disport
Origin
Old French desporter. See also "sport".
Full definition of disport
Verb
- (ambitransitive) to amuse oneself divertingly or playfully; to cavort or gambol
- BuckleThey could disport themselves.
- Alexander Popewhere light disports in ever mingling dyes
- ByronChilde Harold basked him in the noontide sun,
Disporting there like any other fly. - to display ostentatiously
- To remove from a port; to carry away.
Noun
disport
(plural disports)- (archaic) A pastime; anything which diverts one from serious matters; a game; sport; relaxation, recreation; entertainment; amusement
- (obsolete) Fun; gaiety; merriment; mirth; joy
- (obsolete) Deportment; bearing; carriage.
- (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.