单词 | gallivanting |
释义 | gallivantingn. The action of the verb. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > wandering idly roilinga1398 roitinga1450 gadding1533 vaguing1596 expatiation1640 strolling1717 gallivanting1826 streeling1841 traiking1894 stooging1944 swanning1951 1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 9 Feb. (1939) 94 If we had been so [in retreat] last year, instead of gallivanting to Ireland, this affair might not have befallen. 1839 W. M. Thackeray Fatal Boots (1869) 354 I have given up gallivanting, as I call it. 1869 A. Trollope He knew he was Right I. xv. 116 It don't mean much, only just idle talking and gallivanting. 1884 Punch 16 Feb. 76/1 This comes of gallivanting round with Emperors, Kings, Prime Ministers, and Poet-Laureates. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2018). gallivantingadj. That gads about, or flirts. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [adjective] > that flirts dallying1548 flirting1577 coquetting1657 gallanting1664 philandering1800 gallivanting1819 1819 ‘R. Rabelais’ Abeillard & Heloisa 18 But does that gallivanting god Deign to give Taylor answering nod? 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. i. 8 You can't be a gallivanting dodger. 1884 Harper's Mag. Aug. 327/1 A lone lorn wife of many a galivanting husband. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1826adj.1819 |
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