Definition: playful; indulging in amusement; frolicsome; (2) diversion from work or serious matters
Derivation: Old French, “to carry away”
Balancing Quality: Fair play
Quote:
• If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as work. — William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Hamlet {1603}
• If our condition were truly happy, we would not seek diversion from it in order to make ourselves happy. — Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) French polymath [five disciplines]