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gallivant, v.|gælɪˈvænt, ˈgæ-|
Also galavant, galivant.
[Perhaps a humorous perversion of gallant v. Usually in the pres. part. gallivanting.]
intr. To gad about in a showy fashion, esp. with persons of the other sex. Also merely = flirt.
1823W. H. Pyne Wine & Walnuts (1824) II. xxi. 300 Sitting at his ease, galavanting with a publican's daughter. 1835Lady Granville Lett. 12 Feb. (1894) II. 184, I foresee she will be always galivanting with Lady Wharncliffe. 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. xxxviii, Else I shall have my maid gallivanting with somebody who may rob the house. 1851De Quincey Ld. Carlisle on Pope Wks. XIII. 25 If she chose to go galavanting amongst the clouds, Pope, for his part, was the last person to follow her. 1875W. S. Hayward Love agst. World 32, I did not consider it right or proper that a lady..should be gallivanting about the country with those three fellows. 1894Q. Rev. Oct. 503 The language came natural to him [Lope de Vega] when gallivanting with Filis. |