sphairistike
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek [Term?]
Noun
sphairistike (uncountable)
- (sports, archaic) An early racquet sport that evolved into tennis.
- 1875 The Edinburgh review: or critical journal, A. Constable, p72
- The new appliances of the game sold under the rather too learned name of ‘sphairistikè’ have been lightened without, like their ancient representatives, being increased in size.
- 1941 Sir Arnold Henry Moore Lunn, Come what may: an autobiography, Little, Brown and company, p7
- He observed that a wholesaler who supplied my grandfather with goods continued to advertise the implements of a new game, called "Sphairistike."
- 1998 Heiner Gillmeister, Tennis: a cultural history, Continuum International Publishing Group, p181
- At that time, he had not given a thought to his new game, and, as a consequence, the pastures around Rhysnant Hall are not likely to have been the place where the Major would have pitched his sphairistikè nets.
- 1875 The Edinburgh review: or critical journal, A. Constable, p72
Synonyms
- stické