Definition of Galavanting

1. galavant [v] - See also: galavant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Galavanting

galanthophiles
galantine
galantines
galanty show
galapago
galapee tree
galaptin
galas
galatea
galateas
galatriaose
galatriaoses
galatrox
galavant
galavanted
galavanting (current term)
galavants
galax
galaxes
galaxian
galaxies
galaxiid
galaxiids
galaxite
galaxites
galaxy
galaxylike
galaxywide
galbanum
galbanums

Literary usage of Galavanting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Thomas de Quincey: His Life and Writings : with Unpublished Correspondence by Alexander Hay Japp, H. A. Page (1877)
"... if Emily should spend too many words over it, then call upon the cat; or, if he is galavanting, then perhaps the rug would have the goodness to explain. ..."

2. The Life of Charles Lever by William John Fitzpatrick (1879)
"... "galavanting," and scribbling, is alluded to by Lever as having once remarked of a stranger who for some months inhabited Ennis and was suspected to be ..."

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