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LOL, good one. Growing with my old school Yankee parents, gallivant had a strong negative connotation.. Whoever was gallivanting around was definitely having too much fun. Now I like to use that word in jest with the older generation of family members.
Another similar one - gadabout.
A gadabout gallivants.
I think it would be proper to also say that a gadabout gads about.
Just looked it up - gad is from 1500s.
Gadfly is another good one.
I actually did not look gallivant up until after I posted it. My mother used the word a little differently, so I did not know there was an element of carousing in its meaning.
Its a great old word though, no?
I love your references to gadfly. I know I’ve used “gadding around” before. And probably “gadabout.”
I do not hear younger people use these words, but I don’t converse with a variety of young people now. My kids don’t use them, at any rate.
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