disporting

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noun

The act of one who disports.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of disport
noundisporting (plural disportings)

plural disportings

  1. The act of one who disports.

    I must fain resign all poetic disportings of the fancy, and pursue my narrative in humble prose.

    1809, Diedrich Knickerbocker [pseudonym; Washington Irving], A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: Inskeep & Bradford, […], →OCLC

Translations

Esperanto kapriolo
  • kaprioloact of one who disports
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APA

disporting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disporting

MLA

“disporting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disporting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disporting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disporting.

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