Sportful

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sportful \Sport"ful\ (-f[.u]l), a.
     1. Full of sport; merry; frolicsome; full of jesting;
        indulging in mirth or play; playful; wanton; as, a
        sportful companion.
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              Down he alights among the sportful herd. --Milton.
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     2. Done in jest, or for mere play; sportive.
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              They are no sportful productions of the soil.
                                                    --Bentley.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Sport"ful*ly}, adv. --
        {Sport"ful*ness}, n.
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