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gallivant

gal·li·vant

UK/ˈɡæl.ɪ.vænt/ US/ˈɡæl.ɪ.vænt/ uncommon obsolete

verb

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Origin

1809, from gallant (“wooing women”), originally in sense “to flirt”, broadened to mean “roaming without plan”.

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