Sphairistic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Sphairistic is an adjective meaning (historical or rare) Of, like, or pertaining to tennis; tending to play tennis, especially lawn tennis, with crebrity.
Meaning
(historical or rare) Of, like, or pertaining to tennis; tending to play tennis, especially lawn tennis, with crebrity.
Example Sentences
If you are sphairistic, you are playing tennis.
Some rare words are learned formations, such as 'sphairistic' meaning 'lawn-tennis-playing'
When, exactly a century, Major Wall Clopton Wingfield issued the early rules on the sphairistic.
Finally he turned to the huge volumes of the Oxford English Dictionary where he found that the word 'sphairistic', labelled 'rare', meant tennis playing.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sphery, sportsy, sphragistic, psephytic, lusorious, spheritic.
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