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单词 gambado
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gambadon.1

Brit. /ɡamˈbeɪdəʊ/, /ɡamˈbɑːdəʊ/, U.S. /ɡæmˈbeɪˌdoʊ/, /ɡæmˈbɑˌdoʊ/
Inflections: Plural gambados, gambadoes.
Forms: 1600s– gambado, 1800s gambadas (plural).
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English gambade , gambol n.
Etymology: Alteration of gambade, variant of gambol n., after words in -ado suffix.In the plural form gambadas apparently apprehended as Spanish; compare Spanish gambada (19th cent., rare).
1.
a. A lively or playful skipping, leaping, or dancing movement; a caper; a gambol. Cf. gambade n. 1a, gambol n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > capering > a caper
gambol1509
gamond?a1513
frisco?1520
frisk1525
friscal1570
caprettie?1578
career1587
stotc1590
lavoltaa1592
caper1592
gambado1618
prance1648
capriccio1665
gambade1803
caper-cut1875
1618 W. P. tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. IV. xii. 933 Which made an ancient father aptly compare man and woman to two earthen vessels, which Sathan causeth to meete together, in the tempests, leapings and gambadoes [Fr. gambades] of dancing.
1828 C. White Almack's Revisited I. 116 Nor longer to expose their stiff gambadoes in the evolutions of the dance.
1859 G. A. Sala Gaslight & Daylight xxiii A fantastic imp..on whose brow is written ‘Analysis’..executes maniacal gambadoes on the quartern loaves..uttering yells about chalk, alum, and dead men's bones.
1881 Daily Tel. 27 Dec. Whose contortions and gambados during his struggles with his captors..are as comic as they are nimble and graceful.
1938 S. Beckett Murphy v. 85 He worked up to such a pitch his gambadoes under the table that Murphy's memory began to vibrate.
1999 L. Epstein Ice Fire Water (2000) i. 32 Then, with a running start, I hopped, skipped, and executed a gambado onto the stage.
b. An energetic or exaggerated leap or bound made by a horse; = gambade n. 1b.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [noun] > leap
gambolc1503
gambado1820
gambade1823
caper1856
tittup1868
1820 W. Scott Monastery II. v. 189 The discretion of the animal's pace would be no longer disturbed by the gambadoes of Sir Piercie and his prancing war-horse.
1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons II. iv. vii. 106 Anthony..made his horse..back to the end of the lists in a series of graceful gambadas and caracols.
1901 M. Hewlett New Canterbury Tales 257 Percival was only just in time..by a gambado forced upon his horse to drown this deep saying deeper in sound.
2011 C. K. Carr India Black x. 199 There were no gambados or caprioles from these dobbins.
2. figurative. A sudden, surprising, or disorienting action; an unexpected manoeuvre.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] > an act or deed > sudden or fantastic
gambadoa1855
a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) I. xiii. 222 Sending him a challenge, or performing other gambadoes of the sort.
1865 Daily Tel. 7 Dec. 7/1 Before fighting a battle of this sort in a Scotch court, there are, of course, all kinds of preliminary judicial flourishes and gambadoes.
1891 R. L. Stevenson in Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Nov. 6/2 The correspondence was still passing when the president surprised Apia with a fresh gambado.
1905 Smart Set May 21/2 Nomé's mind was whirling with the effects of this gambado.
1990 ‘J. Gash’ Very Last Gambado (1991) xx.172 The truly last gambado—superbly original, something never been screened before.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gambadon.2

Brit. /ɡamˈbeɪdəʊ/, /ɡamˈbɑːdəʊ/, U.S. /ɡæmˈbeɪˌdoʊ/, /ɡæmˈbɑˌdoʊ/
Inflections: Chiefly in plural gambadoes, -ados.
Forms: 1600s gambatho, 1600s gambada, 1600s– gambado, 1800s gambaders (English regional, plural).
Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Italian, combined with an English element. Etymons: Italian gamba , -ado suffix.
Etymology: Apparently < Italian gamba leg (see jamb n.) + -ado suffix. Compare gambage n. Compare also gam n.2, gammed adj. Perhaps compare also gambado n.1
Now rare (chiefly historical).
A gaiter, typically of leather, attached to a saddle to protect the rider's leg from the weather; (later also more generally) each of a pair of leather gaiters or leggings. Usually in plural.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [noun] > legging and boot combined
cockerc1390
gambado1625
gambages1663
stocking1676
trench boot1914
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > [noun] > gaiter or legging > types of > gaiters or leggings
gamash1596
gramash1681
spatterdash1687
overall1782
gambado1814
eucnemidal1839
antigropelos1848
trouser-stockings1883
1625 in M. Cash Devon Inventories 16th & 17th Cent. (1966) 36 1 hackney Saddle with Gambathoes.
1653 T. Crosfield Diary 8 Nov. (1935) 102 (table) Gambadoes [£]0. 7[s]. 0[d].
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cornw. 205 Gambadoes, much worne in the West, whereby whilest one rides on horse-back, his leggs are in a Coach, clean and warme.
1732 J. Swift Let. to Brandreth 30 June in J. Barrett Ess. Earlier Life Swift (1808) 179 I make a shift to ride about ten miles a-day by virtue of certain implements called gambadoes, where my feet stand firm as on a floor.
1781 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 186 ‘Who made you those shoes? Mine are clumsy and thick as a pair of gambadoes.’
1814 W. Scott Waverley II. vi. 112 His thin legs tenanted a pair of gambadoes, fastened at the sides with rusty clasps. Thus accoutred, he stalked into the midst of the apartment. View more context for this quotation
1824 Ann. Reg. 1823 (Otridge ed.) iii. Patents 316*/2 Improvements in constructing gambadoes, or mud boots.
1865 C. R. Leslie & T. Taylor Sir Joshua Reynolds I. 3 So absent, that riding on horseback in a pair of gambados, he dropped one by the way without missing it.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Gambaders, a kind of leather shield or case for the legs of a horseman. They are attached to the stirrup-leathers..They were very common within the writer's recollection.
1908 Archæologia Cambrensis 8 46 By the description of a man who had seen it I believe it was no other than a gambado belonging to Mr. Woode.
1924 C. S. Lewis Diary 21–4 June (1991) 337 ‘These are fine boots,’ said Harwood picking up a pair of strange gambadoes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gambadov.

Brit. /ɡamˈbeɪdəʊ/, /ɡamˈbɑːdəʊ/, U.S. /ɡæmˈbeɪˌdoʊ/, /ɡæmˈbɑˌdoʊ/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: gambado n.1
Etymology: < gambado n.1
intransitive. = gambol v.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] > caper
leapc900
playOE
floxec1200
startlec1300
trancec1374
prancec1380
tripc1386
scoupa1400
prankc1450
gambol1508
frisk?1520
jeta1529
pract1568
trounce1568
trip1578
capriole1580
lavolta1590
linch1593
curvet1595
flisk1595
firk1596
caper1598
jaunce1599
risec1599
cabre1600
jaunt1605
skit1611
to cut a caper or capersa1616
tripudiate1623
insult1652
to fike and flinga1689
scamper1691
dance1712
pranklea1717
cavort1794
jinket1823
gambado1827
caracol1861
1827 H. D. Beste in New Monthly Mag. 19 10 Seeing him gambadoing on the race-course, I turned my horse's head another way.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Mrs. Perkins's Ball 33 He sticks his thumbs into the armholes of his waistcoat, and advances, retreats, pirouettes and otherwise gambadoes.
1872 Earl of Pembroke & G. H. Kingsley South Sea Bubbles viii. 228 There was my princess with five others..frisking and gambadoing in the most fearful manner.
1941 E. L. Wheaton Mr. George's Joint xxi. 240 Keeping well aloof of his wildly swinging feet, she gambadoed through his interpretation of the rhythm of the music.
1996 Dallas (Texas) Observer (Nexis) 1 Feb. Don't drop names as if you have a clue, and then proceed to gambado about dressed in your ignorance!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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