Associations to the word «Sportive»

Wiktionary

SPORTIVE, adjective. Gay; frolicsome; merry
SPORTIVE, adjective. Playful, coltish.
SPORTIVE, adjective. Interested in sport.
SPORTIVE, adjective. Sporty, good at sport.
SPORTIVE, noun. (cycling) cyclosportive
SPORTIVE LEMUR, noun. (zoology) Any of the lemurs in the family Lepilemuridae

Dictionary definition

SPORTIVE, adjective. Relating to or interested in sports.
SPORTIVE, adjective. Given to merry frolicking; "frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca