单词 | gadabroad |
释义 | † gadabroadn. Obsolete. rare. A person who travels to many places, a gadabout. Cf. to gad abroad at gad v.1 Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ 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 1810 W. Taylor Let. 29 Oct. in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) II. 295 I am become quite a gad-abroad. I have been staying with relations at Attleburg, at Diss, and latterly at Halesworth. 1908 Bibliophile July 284 No reckless gadabroad am I. I'm not, and never shall be, smitten With any hankerings to fly To foreign climes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018). < n.1810 |
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