disport

[ dih-spawrt, -spohrt ]

verb (used with object)

1. to divert or amuse (oneself ).
2. to display (oneself ) in a sportive manner:

   The picnickers disported themselves merrily on the beach.

verb (used without object)

1. to divert oneself; sport.

noun

1. diversion; amusement; play; sport.

disport

/ dɪˈspɔːt /

verb

1. tr to indulge (oneself) in pleasure
2. intr to frolic or gambol

noun

1. archaic.
   amusement

Other Words From

• dis·portment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of disport¹

1275–1325; (v.) Middle English disporten, desporten < Anglo-French desporter, equivalent to des- dis- ¹ + porter literally, to carry ( port ⁵ ); (noun) Middle English < Anglo-French, derivative of the v.

Word History and Origins

Origin of disport¹

C14: from Anglo-French desporter, from des- dis- ¹+ porter to carry

Example Sentences

Beyond that red line, the elect of the Earth — statesmen, magnates, ex-presidents — are rumored to disport themselves like some tamer, well-provisioned road show of “The Lord of the Flies,” where the most rascally activity members will admit to is the willy-nilly peeing on trees.

From Los Angeles Times

Beyond that red line, the elect of the Earth — statesmen, magnates, ex-presidents — are rumored to disport themselves like some tamer, well-provisioned road show of “The Lord of the Flies,” where the most rascally activity members will admit to is the willy-nilly peeing on trees.

From Los Angeles Times

Beautiful or colorful, anomalous and strange, largely unnoticed however distinct, members of subcultures consume, create, disport and express themselves in ways that are starkly different from the greater boring mass of humankind, and this makes them both fugitive and special.

From New York Times

We don’t often wonder about the names of the places where we disport ourselves.

From Los Angeles Times

While Bill Cunningham may have managed to find some compelling fashion thematic in the sight of crowds shambling about Midtown in hoodies and Uggs, the crossroads of 57th Street and Fifth it is not the same now that the city mice that used to disport themselves there in glad rags are hunkered down at home.

From New York Times