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# The Good Oil Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-62/
- Published: 2024-09-26T18:15:01.000Z
- Updated: 2024-09-26T18:15:00.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, Word of the Day

The word for today is…

gadabout (noun): 

: a person who flits about in social activity

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gadabout?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : If you had to pick an insect most closely related to a gadabout, you might wryly guess the "social butterfly." But there's another bug that's commonly heard buzzing around discussions of the gadabout: the gadfly. Gadfly is a term used for any of a number of winged pests (such as horseflies) that bite or annoy livestock. But, although a gadabout's gossip can bite, gadfly doesn't have any clear etymological relation to gadabout. This word, which comes from the English phrase "gad about," traces back to the Middle English verb gadden, meaning "to be on the go without a specific aim or purpose." That word's source hasn't left a trail. 

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