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Feb 9, 2010 This week's theme Verbs This week's words castigate disport The gift of words Send a gift subscription In less than a minute! Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg disport PRONUNCIATION: (di-SPORT) MEANING: verb tr., intr.: To divert or amuse (oneself). noun: A diversion or amusement. ETYMOLOGY: From Old French desporter (to divert), from dis- + porter (to carry). USAGE: "On the island, as on a stage, the people of Paris disport themselves in every attitude of summer recreation." T.J. McNamara; Seurat's Grand Triumph of Light; New Zealand Herald; Jan 23, 2010. Explore "disport" in the Visual Thesaurus. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions. -Joyce Carol Oates, writer (b. 1938)

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