gadaboutadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈɡadəbaʊt/, U.S.

/ˈɡædəˌbaʊt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gad v.¹, about adv.

Etymology: < gad v.¹ + about adv., after to gad about at gad v.¹ Phrasal verbs. With use as noun compare earlier gadder-about n. at gadder n.¹ Compounds.Compare the following example of an earlier use as the name of a character in a play:1741 D. Garrick Lying Valet Dramatis Personæ Mrs Gadabout.

A. adj.

Given to gadding about; that goes to many social events or travels to many places for pleasure; characterized by such behaviour. Formerly also: †that goes about gossiping (obsolete). Cf. to gad about at gad v.¹ Phrasal verbs.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > inclined to or characterized by wandering

wancraunt1422

roving1566

runabout1573

wandering1582

vagrant1583

gaddy1637

outward-bound1743

gadabout1753

free-ranging1841

planeticose1849

knockabout1886

picaresque1959

1753 ‘H. Humdrum’ Mother Midnight's Comical Pocket-bk. 39 I laugh'd to see the old trunk-maker knit his brows and tell her he got but very little by such inquisitive gad-about customers.

1817 W. Scott Let. 23 Mar. (1933) IV. 420 The frivolous..gad-about manners of many of our modern belles.

1851 A. Helps Compan. Solitude iii. 29 Foolish gad-about, dinner-eating, dancing people.

1935 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Apr. 229/1 Far from contented with her husband's gad-about life.

2017 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 26 Aug. 27 [They] spend the remains of the summer with their aunt and uncle while their gadabout widowed mother takes off to Morocco.

B. n.

A person who gads about, going to many social events or travelling to many places for pleasure. Formerly also: †a gossip, a busybody (obsolete). Cf. to gad about at gad v.¹ Phrasal verbs.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > rumour > [noun] > tale-bearer

rounderOE

blabc1374

tale-teller1377

clatterer1388

tittlerc1400

talebearer1478

whisterer1519

whisperer1547

telltale1548

tattler1549

clatterfart1552

tale-carrier1552

babbler?1555

gossip1566

gossiper1568

carry-tale1577

mumble-news1598

twitter1598

buzzer1604

blob-talea1670

gadabout1757

tell-pie1771

circulator1792

clype1825

windjammer1880

tattle-tale1889

panta1908

clatfarta1930

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > wandering idly > one who

roilera1450

vaguer15..

gadder?1548

street-gadder1574

gadfly1605

gallopera1693

rouseabout1746

gadabout1757

gadabroad1810

meanderer1887

1757 J. Hackett tr. Epit. in Select & Remarkable Epit. I. 29 A Woman good and fair; industrious, pious, modest, frugal, chaste, and no Gadabout [L. domiseda].

1837 J. F. Palmer Gloss. in M. Palmer Dialogue Devonshire Dial. Gad-a-bout, a gossiping rambling sort of person.

1859 S. Smiles Self-help (1860) iii. 66 He even ran some risk of becoming a gadabout and busy-body.

1883 Harper's Mag. July 295/1 It is incapacity in this direction which makes gadabouts of some women.

1940 V. Bell Sel. Lett. (1993) 468 Angelica is a gad-about and off on a jaunt at the moment.

2010 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 May 30/1 J.D. Salinger's passion for privacy was extreme enough to make other American recluses seem frivolous gadabouts.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gadabout
释义	gadaboutadj.n. Brit. /ˈɡadəbaʊt/, U.S. /ˈɡædəˌbaʊt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gad v.¹, about adv. Etymology: < gad v.¹ + about adv., after to gad about at gad v.¹ Phrasal verbs. With use as noun compare earlier gadder-about n. at gadder n.¹ Compounds.Compare the following example of an earlier use as the name of a character in a play:1741 D. Garrick Lying Valet Dramatis Personæ Mrs Gadabout. A. adj. Given to gadding about; that goes to many social events or travels to many places for pleasure; characterized by such behaviour. Formerly also: †that goes about gossiping (obsolete). Cf. to gad about at gad v.¹ Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > inclined to or characterized by wandering wancraunt1422 roving1566 runabout1573 wandering1582 vagrant1583 gaddy1637 outward-bound1743 gadabout1753 free-ranging1841 planeticose1849 knockabout1886 picaresque1959 1753 ‘H. Humdrum’ Mother Midnight's Comical Pocket-bk. 39 I laugh'd to see the old trunk-maker knit his brows and tell her he got but very little by such inquisitive gad-about customers. 1817 W. Scott Let. 23 Mar. (1933) IV. 420 The frivolous..gad-about manners of many of our modern belles. 1851 A. Helps Compan. Solitude iii. 29 Foolish gad-about, dinner-eating, dancing people. 1935 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Apr. 229/1 Far from contented with her husband's gad-about life. 2017 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 26 Aug. 27 [They] spend the remains of the summer with their aunt and uncle while their gadabout widowed mother takes off to Morocco. B. n. A person who gads about, going to many social events or travelling to many places for pleasure. Formerly also: †a gossip, a busybody (obsolete). Cf. to gad about at gad v.¹ Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > rumour > [noun] > tale-bearer rounderOE blabc1374 tale-teller1377 clatterer1388 tittlerc1400 talebearer1478 whisterer1519 whisperer1547 telltale1548 tattler1549 clatterfart1552 tale-carrier1552 babbler?1555 gossip1566 gossiper1568 carry-tale1577 mumble-news1598 twitter1598 buzzer1604 blob-talea1670 gadabout1757 tell-pie1771 circulator1792 clype1825 windjammer1880 tattle-tale1889 panta1908 clatfarta1930 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > wandering idly > one who roilera1450 vaguer15.. gadder?1548 street-gadder1574 gadfly1605 gallopera1693 rouseabout1746 gadabout1757 gadabroad1810 meanderer1887 1757 J. Hackett tr. Epit. in Select & Remarkable Epit. I. 29 A Woman good and fair; industrious, pious, modest, frugal, chaste, and no Gadabout [L. domiseda]. 1837 J. F. Palmer Gloss. in M. Palmer Dialogue Devonshire Dial. Gad-a-bout, a gossiping rambling sort of person. 1859 S. Smiles Self-help (1860) iii. 66 He even ran some risk of becoming a gadabout and busy-body. 1883 Harper's Mag. July 295/1 It is incapacity in this direction which makes gadabouts of some women. 1940 V. Bell Sel. Lett. (1993) 468 Angelica is a gad-about and off on a jaunt at the moment. 2010 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 May 30/1 J.D. Salinger's passion for privacy was extreme enough to make other American recluses seem frivolous gadabouts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1753
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