THE FIRST WORD

gadabout

PRONUNCIATION:

(GAD-uh-bout) 

MEANING:

noun: One who roams around in search of amusement.

ETYMOLOGY:

From gad (to go around from one place to another aimlessly). Earliest documented use: 1817.

USAGE:

"The film charted Zelda Kaplan's transformation from homemaker to social gadabout flitting from party to party."
Ruth La Ferla; Zelda Kaplan; The New York Times; Feb 18, 2012.