gallivant 的詞源

"gad about, spend time in frivolous pleasure-seeking, especially with the opposite sex," 1809年，起源不明，可能是 gallant 的一種玩笑性發揮，表示“表現出紳士風度，調情，四處閒逛”。相關詞彙： Gallivanted; gallivanting。

Young Lobski said to his ugly wife,

"I'm off till to-morrow to fish, my life;"

Says Mrs. Lobski, "I'm sure you a'nt",

But you brute you are going to gallivant."

What Mrs. Lobski said was right,

Gay Mr. Lobski was out all night.

He ne'er went to fish, 'tis known very well

But where he went I shall not tell.

["Songs from the Exile," in "Literary Panorama," London, 1809]

年輕的洛布斯基對他醜陋的妻子說，

“我要去釣魚，明天才回來； ”

洛布斯基夫人說：“我敢肯定你不是去釣魚，

你這個畜生，你要去四處玩樂。”

洛布斯基夫人說得對，

快樂的洛布斯基整夜都在外面。

他從未去過釣魚，這是衆所周知的，

但他去了哪裏，我就不說了。

[“流亡之歌”，收錄於“文學全景”，倫敦，1809年]