disportment

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noun

Act of disporting; fun or play.

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Meanings

noundisportment (countable and uncountable, plural disportments)

plural disportments

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableAct of disporting; fun or play.

    These young girles, the Nymphs of Diana, called and carried away the old Wizzard to the enjoyment of those disportments and pleasures that such ludicrous Spirits, together with old Hags and others of the fraternity, use to make with one another

    1660, H[enry] More, An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness; […], London: […] J[ames] Flesher, for W[illiam] Morden […], →OCLC

Origin

From disport + -ment.

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disportment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disportment

MLA

“disportment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disportment. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disportment,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disportment.

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