swordplay

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swordplay

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Inherited from Old English sweordplega. By surface analysis, sword + play.

noun swordplays

  1. uncountable, usually fighting with a sword His expertise at swordplay made his acting in the part of Hamlet very believable.

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noun fighting with a sword

Españolesgrima
日本語剣術 kenjutsu, フェンシング fenshingu
中文劍術 /剑术 jiànshù
Françaisescrime, combat à l'épée
DeutschSchwertkampf, Fechten
Русскийфехтова́ние fextovánije

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"swordplay." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/swordplay. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"swordplay." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/swordplay.

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@misc{swordplay_2026,
  title = {swordplay},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/swordplay},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}