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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1691-1692
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Sportiveness, n. [17th c. Eng. sportiveness (1601).] The condition of being sportive. —a1692 Kirk in Il Cappellano delle Fate 70.
Their power is greater than before, their plastic faculty can form bodies, these are necessary but dead vehicles & their sportiveness bespeak no present torment
