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单词 gadabroad
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gadabroadn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gad v.1, abroad adv.
Etymology: < gad v.1 + abroad adv., after to gad abroad at gad v.1 Phrasal verbs. Compare earlier gadder-abroad n. at gadder n.1 Compounds.
Obsolete. rare.
A person who travels to many places, a gadabout. Cf. to gad abroad at gad v.1 Phrasal verbs.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > wandering idly > one who
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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).
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