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playful
English
Alternative forms
- playfull (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English pleiful, equivalent to play +? -ful.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ple?f?l/
- Rhymes: -e?f?l, -e?f?l
- Rhymes: -e?f?l
Adjective
playful (comparative playfuller or more playful, superlative playfullest or most playful)
- liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive.
- Actually, we are pretty playful in our romantic life.
- funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome.
- fun, recreational, not serious.
- A brainteaser is a playful puzzle posed as a test of intelligence.
- experimental.
- He was a rather playful artist.
Derived terms
- playfully
- playfulness
Translations
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leisure
English
Etymology
From Middle English leyser, from Anglo-Norman leisir, variant of Old French loisir (“to enjoy oneself”) (Modern French loisir survives as a noun), substantive use of a verb, from Latin lic?re (“be permitted”). Displaced native Middle English lethe (“leisure”) (from Old English liþian (“to unloose, release”), compare Old English l?þung (“permission”)), Middle English tom, toom (“leisure”) (from Old Norse t?m (“leisure, ease”), compare Old English t?m (“free from”)).
Pronunciation
- (UK, General Australian, General South African)
- IPA(key): /?l???(?)/, /?li???(?)/ (extremely old fashioned)
- Rhymes: -???(?)
- (US, Canada)
- IPA(key): /?li????/
- Rhymes: -i???(?)
- (rarely) IPA(key): /?l????/
Noun
leisure (countable and uncountable, plural leisures)
- Freedom provided by the cessation of activities.
- Free time, time free from work or duties.
- 1672, William Temple, An Essay Upon the Original and Nature of Government
- The desire of leisure is much more natural than of business and care.
- 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 11
- Little had Mrs. Dashwood or her daughters imagined when they first came into Devonshire, that so many engagements would arise to occupy their time as shortly presented themselves, or that they should have such frequent invitations and such constant visitors as to leave them little leisure for serious employment.
- 1908, William David Ross (translator), Aristotle, Metaphysics
- This is why the mathematical arts were founded in Egypt; for there the priestly caste was allowed to be at leisure.
- 1672, William Temple, An Essay Upon the Original and Nature of Government
- Time at one's command, free from engagement; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience; ease.
Related terms
- at leisure
- leisurely
Translations
See also
- ease
- recreation
Further reading
- leisure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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- what leisure activities are popular in france
- what leisure activities rivaled the movies
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