sportif

Eranest HemingwayのThe Snows of Kilimanjaro、その他の短編、を読み始めました。今日採り上げる単語はThe Snows of Kilimanjaroに出てきました。
Around the Place there were two kinds; drunkards and the sportifs. The drunkards killed their poverty that way; the sportifs look it out in exercise.
この "sportif" はスポーツ好きの人を指しているようですが辞書で確認します。
・Collins Dictionary: (French)(humorous, literary) sporty:
・Wiktionary:
1.(of a person) Athletic; enjoying and frequently participating in sports.
2.Athletic; of or pertaining to sports.
Noun: sportsperson (especially sportsman)
外来語を使ったのですね。