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発音

• IPA: /ˈspɔː(ɹ)tɪv/

形容詞

sportive (comparative more sportive, superlative most sportive)

1. (archaic) Lively; merry; spritely.
   • c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

     Is it I
     That drive thee from the sportive court?

2. Playful, coltish.
3. Interested in sport.
4. Sporty, good at sport.

派生語

名詞

sportive (plural sportives)

1. (cycling) Synonym of cyclosportive.
   • 2012 July 15, Richard Williams, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track‎, Guardian Unlimited:

     Such incidents, part of the cherished mythology of the Tour's early years, are rare in modern cycling, although a 62-year-old local councillor was arrested and subsequently released after tacks had been scattered during the 2009 Etape Caledonia, a sportive held on closed roads in Scotland, causing countless punctures among the 3,500 riders.

アナグラム

• overtips, pivoters, sorptive, tips over, repivots, tip overs