desport

English

Etymology

From Middle English disporten, from Anglo-Norman and 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

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

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